Taliep Petersen

Artist 1950–2006 Cape Town connection

Singer, composer and director who grew up in District Six and sang with the klopse from the age of six in his father's troupe, the Dark Town Strutters. With David Kramer he wrote the musicals that put Cape Town's own music on the stage, from District Six the Musical in 1987 to Ghoema in 2005. He was shot dead in his house in 2006.

Connections

is associated with

Ghoema the musical (2005) co-author
Kaapse Klopse he sang with his father's troupe from the age of six

was born in

District Six (1950) he grew up there

worked with

David Kramer (1987) from District Six the Musical onwards

Did you know?

A drum got its own musical: Ghoema opened at the Baxter in November 2005.

David Kramer and Taliep Petersen's musical Ghoema ran at the Baxter Theatre from 11 November 2005 to 7 January 2006. It uses the drum as a way into the musical history of the Cape and the slave trade behind it.

Music Baxter Theatre 2005–2006 Cape Town