Egoli: City of Gold

Egoli ("city of gold", also eGoli, the Sotho name for Johannesburg) is a play by South African playwright Matsemela Manaka that focuses on the condition of migrant mine workers in South Africa. In the play he exposes stereotypes and presents the Black man as economically exploited. According to critic Keyan Tomaselli, Egoli is not to be interpreted as entertainment; rather, it exposes the dominance racist ideology, which is uncomfortable for both the dominant and the dominated because it reveals its inconsistencies and criticizes its motivations.