Apartheid was the segregation of black and white people in South Africa from 1948-1990. The segregation in South Africa meant that the black people were treated as second-class citizens. Everything was separate.
This exact theme is what we explore in the monologue ‘’Pink’’ by Judith Thompson from 1986.
The story I will analyse is Pink. Pink is written by the playwright, Judith Thompson in 1986, and it’s a story in the drama genre. In the story we follow 10-year-old Lucy, who is at the funeral of her nannie Nellie, whom has been shot at a march against the apartheid regime. In the story we get to know Lucy’s emotions and thoughts, about her justifying the segregation, and telling how much she misses and loves her Nanny.
The text ‘’Pink’’ is structured as a monologue. There is a use of stream of consciousness, the author has conveyed a little girl’s thoughts about the loss of her coloured nanny during the apartheid regime.
The title of the story, ‘’Pink’’ is a reference to the cake Lucy’s nanny Nellie would always make for her when she was a little girl - ‘’I want you to come back, to shampoo my hair and make a pink cake’’ (p. 27. l. 5-6). The title is symbolic of both a loving relationship between an adult and a child of racism. For Lucy the pink cake was a loving memory, which made her feel special and loved by her nanny. But on the other hand, for the nanny ‘’pink wasn’t real’’ (p. 28 l. 30-31), a euphemistic way of describing the South African society which was about skin colour, about being black or white.
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