Cont Mdladla Mhlanga (1957/1958 – 1 August 2022) was a Zimbabwean playwright, actor, and theatre director. He was also the founder and head of the
Amakhosi Theatre
Amakhosi Theatre Productions (also known as Amakhosi Academy of Performing Arts) is a Zimbabwean theatre company based at the Amakhosi Township Square Cultural Centre in Makokoba township, Bulawayo. The company was established under its curren ...
Productions company, formed in 1982.
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Mhlanga was a critic of the government of
Robert Mugabe
Robert Gabriel Mugabe (; ; 21 February 1924 – 6 September 2019) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017. He served as Leader of th ...
, and was arrested often for public expressions of his views. He, alongside Burmese satirist
Zarganar
Maung Thura "Zarganar" (also called Zaganar, my, ဇာဂနာ; also Zargana, ); born 27 January 1961) is a popular Burmese comedian, film actor, and a film director as well as a fierce critic and often political prisoner of the Burmese mili ...
and
City of Rhyme – a 14-strong hip-hop group from northern Brazil, whose lyrics condemn violence
– were winners of the inaugural
Freedom to Create Prize
The Freedom to Create Prize was established in 2008 to foster prosperity in the developing world by investing in the creative foundations of society. The Freedom to Create Prize was awarded from 2008 to 2011 to support and recognise artists who st ...
in 2008.
Works
Written
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The Good President''
* ''
The End
The End may refer to:
Films
* ''The End'' (1953 film), a film by Christopher Maclaine
* ''The End'' (1978 film), a comedy by Burt Reynolds
* ''The End'' (1997 film), a Canadian film of 1997
* ''The End'' (1998 film), a skateboarding document ...
''
* ''
Vikela''
* ''
Sinjalo''
* ''
Children On Fire
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* ''
Games and Bombs
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''
* ''
The Members
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Ca ...
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Directed
* ''
Bamqgibela Ephila''
* ''
Omunye Umngcwabo''
References
External links
AmaKhosiVoices from Zimbabwe*
1950s births
2022 deaths
Year of birth missing
Zimbabwean male film actors
Zimbabwean dramatists and playwrights
20th-century Zimbabwean male actors
Northern Ndebele people
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