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What (who) is tsotsi - definition

2005 FILM DIRECTED BY GAVIN HOOD

tsotsi

['ts?tsi]

¦ noun (plural tsotsis) S. African a young black urban criminal.

Origin

said to be a Sotho corruption of zoot suit, with ref. to the flashy clothes orig. assoc. with tsotsis.

Tsotsi (novel)

1980 ATHOL FUGARD NOVEL

Tsotsi is the only novel written by South African playwright Athol Fugard (born 1932). It was published in 1980 although written some time earlier, and it was the basis of the 2005 film of the same name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsotsi_(novel)

Peter Tsotsi

KENYAN MUSICIAN

Peter tsotsi; Tsotsi, Peter

Peter Tsotsi is a Zimbabweann musician. He was one of the founders of the Equator Sound Band, along with Adolf Banyora, Nashil Pichen, Charles Ssonko, Gabriel Omolo, Daudi Kabaka, and Fadhili Williams Mdawida.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Tsotsi

Wikipedia

Tsotsi

Tsotsi is a 2005 crime drama film written and directed by Gavin Hood and produced by Peter Fudakowski. It is an adaptation of the novel Tsotsi by Athol Fugard, and is a South African/UK co-production. Set in the Alexandra slum in Johannesburg, South Africa, it stars Presley Chweneyagae as David/Tsotsi (Tsotsitaal, meaning "criminal"), a young street thug who steals a car only to discover a baby in the back seat. It also features Kenneth Nkosi, Jerry Mofokeng, and Rapulana Seiphemo in supporting roles.

The soundtrack for the film features Kwaito music performed by South African artist Zola and Afro-pop group Mafikizolo, as well as a score by Mark Kilian and Paul Hepker featuring the voice of South African protest singer and poet Vusi Mahlasela.

The film received widespread critical acclaim, with praise primarily aimed at its writing, direction, and performances, particularly Chweneyagae's and Pheto's, cinematography and emotional weight. It went on to win the 2006 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, becoming the first South African film and first African film not made in French to win the former. In 2009, it was unofficially remade in Tamil as Yogi.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsotsi

Examples of use of tsotsi

1. Actor Presley Chweneyagae plays the troubled Tsotsi South Africa‘s Oscar–winning film Tsotsi (slang for "gangster") has fallen prey to real–life tsotsis.

2. Academy voters named South Africa‘s Tsotsi as best foreign film.

3. And "Tsotsi" isn‘t just getting buzz in South Africa.

4. "Tsotsi," which won the best foreign–language film Oscar in March, comes out on DVD Tuesday.

5. The film is about the life of a gangster, or ‘Tsotsi‘ In an apparent replay of the movie Tsotsi, a South Africa thief returned a baby he found in a car he had stolen.