Cont Mhlanga
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Cont Mdladla Mhlanga is a Zimbabwe
an playwright
, actor and theatre director. He is also the founder and head of the Amakhosi Theatre
Productions company, formed in 1982.
He is a critic of the government of Robert Mugabe
, and has been arrested often for public expressions of his views. He, alongside Burmese satirist Zarganar
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 in 2008.
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
an playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
, actor and theatre director. He is also the founder and head of the Amakhosi Theatre
Amakhosi Theatre
Amakhosi Theatre Productions is a Zimbabwean theatre company based at the Amakhosi Township Square Cultural Centre in Makokoba township, Bulawayo...
Productions company, formed in 1982.
He is a critic of the government of Robert Mugabe
Robert Mugabe
Robert Gabriel Mugabe is the President of Zimbabwe. As one of the leaders of the liberation movement against white-minority rule, he was elected into power in 1980...
, and has been arrested often for public expressions of his views. He, alongside Burmese satirist Zarganar
Zarganar
Maung Thura "Zarganar" Maung Thura "Zarganar" Maung Thura "Zarganar" (also called Zaganar is a popular Burmese comedian, film actor, and a film director as well as a fierce critic and often political prisoner of the Burmese military government...
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 in 2008.
Written
- The Good President
- The End
- Vikela
- Sinjalo
- Children On Fire
- Games and Bombs
- The Members