Manaka, Matsemela
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Name (Latin)
Manaka, Matsemela
Date of birth
1956
Date of death
1999
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Echoes of African art, 1987:t.p. (Matsemela Manaka)
- Beyond the echoes of Soweto, c1997:t.p. (Matsemela Manaka) p. 4 of cover (South African dramatist) introd. (b. in Alexandria, a black township just north of Johannesburg, June 20, 1956; student leader in 1976 Soweto uprising; moved to Pietersburg to write poetry, write and perform in plays, compose and perform music, make lithographs, woodcuts, and oil paintings)
Wikipedia description:
Matsemela Manaka (1956–1998) was a South African playwright, poet, and artist. He began his career in the mid-1970s and was influenced by the ideas of the Black Consciousness Movement. Among his plays, the most distinguished are Egoli: City of Gold and Children of Asazi. He won the PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award in 1987.
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