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Pitika Ntuli

Contains 36 performances.

Ptika Ntuli is a South African who spent time in exile in the UK during apartheid, and contributed to dozens of A&S shows.

His lifetime of work as a  poet, sculptor and philosopher was honoured by the Arts and Culture Trust and Vodacom Foundation with the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award for Visual Art. On receiving the award Ntuli explained, “Art is language that allows me to express disagreeable ideas agreeably. My life in art has been a ceaseless struggle to find a language that will capture the nuances of my times, and give concrete expression to the dreams that come by day and night. Sculpture is a bullfight that batters and bruises, and stretches the limits of endurance; but in the end you remain with a renewed aesthetic vision and a body pulsating with a spirit found from the relentless search for an ultimate shape or form, that would speak and answer the yet unasked questions.”

“I love you with the power of undulating
Curves of bones
With the marrow of memory
Of our first kiss
Under a bridge too far”

  • Jungr & Parker, Carol Grimes & Maciek Hrybowicz, Porky the Poet, Pitika Ntuli

    Jungr & Parker, Carol Grimes & Maciek Hrybowicz, Porky the Poet, Pitika Ntuli

    23 November 1985 at 
    Horseshoe (52)
  • Merle Collins, Alan Gilbey, Pitika Ntuli, Moonlighters Music

    Merle Collins, Alan Gilbey, Pitika Ntuli, Moonlighters Music

    13 September 1986 at 
    Horseshoe (52)
  • Azanian People's Benefit

    Azanian People's Benefit

    21 November 1986 at 
    Interchange (3)
  • Mahmood Jamal, Marsha Prescod, Pitika Ntuli, Eugene Skeef

    Mahmood Jamal, Marsha Prescod, Pitika Ntuli, Eugene Skeef

    14 February 1987 at 
    Horseshoe (52)
  • Sista Culcha & Burning Illusion, Merle Collins, Pitika Ntuli, Lemn Sissay, Fred D'Aguiar

    Sista Culcha & Burning Illusion, Merle Collins, Pitika Ntuli, Lemn Sissay, Fred D'Aguiar

    17 October 1987 at 
    Eagle (7)
  • Jazz Poetry Festival Day 3 - (1988)

    Jazz Poetry Festival Day 3 - (1988)

    31 January 1988 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Jalal Nuriddin, Iyamide Hazeley, Pitika Ntuli & Juwon Ogungbe, Brother Niyi

    Jalal Nuriddin, Iyamide Hazeley, Pitika Ntuli & Juwon Ogungbe, Brother Niyi

    04 November 1988 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Maggie Nicols, Pinise Saul & Lol Coxhill, Mervyn Africa & Pitika Ntuli, Mahmood Jamal, Keith Waithe & Keshav Sathe

    Maggie Nicols, Pinise Saul & Lol Coxhill, Mervyn Africa & Pitika Ntuli, Mahmood Jamal, Keith Waithe & Keshav Sathe

    27 January 1989 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
    Niyi hosting (not mentioned on flyer, but on the tape).
  • The Second International Poetry Festival

    The Second International Poetry Festival

    08 April 1989 at 
    Interchange (3)
  • African Dawn, Elean Thomas, Abdul Malik & Aubrey Bryan, Pitika Ntuli

    African Dawn, Elean Thomas, Abdul Malik & Aubrey Bryan, Pitika Ntuli

    14 April 1989 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Brighton Festival: An International Poetry Conventicle

    Brighton Festival: An International Poetry Conventicle

    14 May 1989 at 
    Old Ship Hotel (Brighton) (1)
  • Mervyn Africa & Pinise Saul, Merle Collins, Pitika Ntuli, Brother Niyi

    Mervyn Africa & Pinise Saul, Merle Collins, Pitika Ntuli, Brother Niyi

    30 September 1989 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
    The original bill included US poets Wanda Coleman and Michael C Ford instead of Merle and Pitika.
  • Mervyn Africa & Pitika Ntuli; Keith Waithe & The Macusi Players, Saqib, Brother Niyi

    Mervyn Africa & Pitika Ntuli; Keith Waithe & The Macusi Players, Saqib, Brother Niyi

    02 February 1990 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
  • Night of Poems for Liberation in the '90s

    Night of Poems for Liberation in the '90s

    13 April 1990 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
    Part of the Seven Nights for Nelson festival, marking the end of Nelson Mandela’s 26-year imprisonment.
  • Elean Thomas, Freddy Macha, Titus Moetsabi, The Juwon Trio, Pitika Ntuli

    Elean Thomas, Freddy Macha, Titus Moetsabi, The Juwon Trio, Pitika Ntuli

    25 May 1990 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
    Pitika Ntuli
  • Everywhere Drums Tour - Jayne Cortez (final performance)

    Everywhere Drums Tour - Jayne Cortez (final performance)

    11 October 1990 at 
    Camden United Theatre (1)
    Final event featuring The Bukky Leo Quartet – including the excellent jazz pianist Jonathan Gee.
  • Poets & Musicians for Peace

    Poets & Musicians for Peace

    24 November 1990 at 
    Covent Garden Community Centre (182)
    This was an Artists For Palestine benefit.
  • The 4th Jazz-Poetry Festival - (Day 1)

    The 4th Jazz-Poetry Festival - (Day 1)

    25 January 1991 at 
    Rocket (London - Islington) (4)
    The first night of A&S’s fourth Jazz-Poetry Festival – this one at a new venue. The bill includes the first outing for Gail Thompson’s Jazz Africa show, effectively the first night of its UK tour. The touring line-up was Thompson, Ntuli and the Mervyn Africa Quintet. The featured accompanists for ...
  • Jazz Africa '91 Tour - (Perf 2)

    Jazz Africa '91 Tour - (Perf 2)

    02 February 1991 at 
    Old Town Hall (1)
    See also 4th Jazz Poetry Festival as the first night featured Jazz Africa for their opening performance before they toured. The main involvement with Apples and Snakes was the collaboration with the poet Pitika Ntuli who created original words and images to be performed alongside the musicians.
  • Jazz Africa '91 Tour - (Perf 3)

    Jazz Africa '91 Tour - (Perf 3)

    09 February 1991 at 
    Salisbury Arts Centre (Salisbury) (2)
  • Jazz Africa '91 Tour

    Jazz Africa '91 Tour

    16 February 1991 at 
    Leicester (1)
  • Jazz Africa '91 Tour - (Perf 4)

    Jazz Africa '91 Tour - (Perf 4)

    22 February 1991 at 
    Venn Street Arts Centre (Huddersfield) (1)
    The main involvement with Apples and Snakes was the collaboration with the poet Pitika Ntuli who created poetry and images to accompany the musical performance.
  • Jazz Africa '91 Tour - (Perf 5)

    Jazz Africa '91 Tour - (Perf 5)

    23 February 1991 at 
    Old Bull Arts Centre (3)
    The Performance Poet was Pitika Ntuli who created words and images for this inspired Jazz-Poetry collaboration. See also 4th Jazz Poetry Festival for Apples and Snakes as Jazz Africa opened the festival with their first performance before touring along with Pitika Ntuli.
  • Jazz Africa '91 Tour - (Perf 6)

    Jazz Africa '91 Tour - (Perf 6)

    25 February 1991 at 
    Pegasus Theatre (Oxford) (7)
    Involvement with Apples and Snakes was the collaboration of poet Pitika Ntuli whose words and images accompanied the musicians.
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