South Africa

Mbongeni Ngema has distinguished himself as a renowned playwright, screenwriter and librettist. He is best known as the writer of the internationally acclaimed and award-winning musical Sarafina!, which toured worldwide, won many awards and was later adapted into a feature film. Ngema has had a string of blockbusters and, in 2001 during the African Renaissance festival, his name was engraved on the entrance of the City Hall in Durban alongside those of Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo, Miriam Makeba and other heroes of the liberation struggle.

Filmography

Asinamali (2017)