Adelaide Tambo Award for Human Rights in the Arts

The Adelaide Tambo Award for Human Rights in the Arts is an annual award by the South African National Arts Festival to "honour an artist or company whose work on the Fringe programme embodies Adelaide Tambo's passion for the arts and her deep commitment for human rights."^[1]

The winner receives a cash award, as well as production incentive to extend the run of the play and to present the same a new play at the following year's festival.^[2]

Recipients

• 2018 Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative^[3]
• 2017 Ngizwe Youth Theatre for The Little One^[4]
• 2016 Drama for Life for AfriQueer^[5][6]
• 2015 Irene Stephanou for Searching for Somebody^[7]
• 2014 Harry Kalmer, The Bram Fischer Waltz^[8]

References

1. "National Arts Festival announces new award for advocacy through arts". National Arts Festival. 2014-06-24. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
2. "Adelaide Tambo Award for Human Rights in the Arts". mype.co.za. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
3. "Access to arts 'critical for transformation'". National Arts Festival. 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
4. "Kingdom of the Netherlands in South Africa". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
5. "Drama for Life wins Adelaide Tambo award". National Arts Festival. 2016-07-10. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
6. "2016-07 - Drama for Life awarded the 2016 Adelaide Tambo Award for Human Rights - Wits University". www.wits.ac.za. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
7. "Creative excellence rewarded at National Arts Festival 2015". National Arts Festival. 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
8. "Harry Kalmer". All African Books. Retrieved 2020-09-21.