Scene from The White Assegai

A scene from a play by Allan King, produced at the Playhouse, London in 1930, the story of a Native Commissioner in colonial Africa. Scene shows Machado, played by William Heilbronn and Hardress MacKenzie, played by Godfrey Teale contemplate the white assegai - or spear - symbolising the weakening power of MacKenzie in the eyes of the natives

Africans Assegai Blacks Commissioner Depiction Godfrey Heilbronn Machado Mackenzie Playhouse Representations Stereotype Stereotypes Stereotypical Teale

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