The Men Who Speak Gayle

The Men Who Speak Gayle (2020)

July 15th, 20200h 11min

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Entertainer Nathan Kennedy, who speaks Gayle, the South African cant that flourished during the Apartheid era, meets Louis van Brakel, a much older user of the secret language, and interviews him on stage at the Showroom, Prince Albert.


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