(1955-05-10)10 May 1955 Verulam, Natal, Union of South Africa
Died
27 December 2023(2023-12-27) (aged 68) Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Occupation
Playwright
writer
composer
director
producer
actor
Language
English
Notable works
Sarafina! Woza Albert!
Spouses
Xoliswa Nduneni-Ngema
(m. 1983; div. 1992)
Leleti Khumalo
(m. 1992; div. 2005)
Mbongeni Ngema (10 May 1955 – 27 December 2023) was a South African playwright, lyricist, composer, director, choreographer, and theatre producer, best known for co-writing the 1981 play Woza Albert! and co-writing (with Hugh Masekela) the 1988 musical Sarafina!. He was known for plays that reflected the spirit of black South Africans under apartheid, and won much praise for his work, but was also the subject of several controversies. He died in a car accident on 27 December 2023.
MbongeniNgema (10 May 1955 – 27 December 2023) was a South African playwright, lyricist, composer, director, choreographer, and theatre producer, best...
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received an honorary PhD from the University of Venda. Duma Ndlovu and MbongeniNgema were honoured by United States Congressman Charles Rangel for their...
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Award for Best Score (Musical), with music and lyrics collaborator MbongeniNgema, for Sarafina! 2016 MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs): Legend Award With...
the Zulus, and was born in Hlabisa. Zwelikhethabantu Ngema, father of playwright MbongeniNgema (1955–2023), was born in Hlabisa, and the children of...
African artists and entertainers such as Brenda Fassie, Nomsa Nene, and MbongeniNgema in the garage of his home in Dube, Soweto. Kente also wrote music for...
musical film Sarafina! and the musical production of the same name by MbongeniNgema. The riots also inspired the novel A Dry White Season by Andre Brink...
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Mama (magazine), a Swedish magazine Mama (1966), a stage musical by MbongeniNgema MAMA & Company, a UK live-venue and event management company MAMA Gallery...
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Cilliers (born 1950) Vinette Ebrahim (born 1957) Alice Krige (born 1954) MbongeniNgema (born 1956) Nandi Nyembe (born 1950) Jerry Phele (Born 1956) Ian Roberts...
Chekhov, Majestic Theatre, Brooklyn 1989: Woza Albert!, by Percy Mtawa, MbongeniNgema and Barney Simon 1990: La Tempête, by William Shakespeare, adaptation...
Epstein, Harve Brosten and Jay S. Bulmash Sarafina! Book by MbongeniNgema, Music & Lyrics by Ngema and Hugh Masekela Lincoln Center Theater, Gregory Mosher...
Nokuthula Simelane, Ruth First and Henry Nxumalo.[self-published source] MbongeniNgema wrote and directed the R22 million budget stage production 'Lion of...
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