There are seven narrations in African Jigsaw.
- My Land
- To The City
- My Son
- City Life
- Woman
- Back to the Land
- The Future
The narrations are an integral part of the musical and serve to add an additional viewpoint to the stories told
by the songs:
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Yes, my land is beautiful. Wherever I look I see beauty. Whenever I look it is is there. When the sun comes, it fills
the sky with the soft glow of a shy meeting. When it goes, the earth is red with the fire of a sad parting. When the rains
come, the leaves of the Jacaranda are feathery green and its flowers a cluster of blue. When the rains do not come,
the land is tinged with the colour of the earth and all becomes as one. Yes, my land is beautiful....
At the first performance, the narrations were read by Mary Miller, a member of the Royal Shakespeare company. Although these narrations voice the thoughts of an African woman who has remained in the countryside while her son has gone to the city, it is not necessary for them to be spoken by an adult.
