Shakespeare in the World - South Africa

If we think of William Shakespeare as exclusively English, we should think again. People around the world have adopted his work and made it something that speaks to their own culture. Writer and academic Nadia Davids takes us to Cape Town and Johannesburg to hear how Shakespeare has played an important role in the politics of a troubled country, and how he still matters in post-Apartheid South Africa. (Photo: A man carries a volume of Shakespeare's complete works. Credit: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images)