Tag: Soweto (South Africa)

Mbongeni Ngema, Playwright Best Known for ‘Sarafina!,’ Dies at 68

Mbongeni Ngema, a South African playwright, lyricist and director whose stage works, including the Tony-nominated musical “Sarafina!,” challenged and mocked his homeland’s longtime policy of racial apartheid, died on Wednesday in a hospital in Mbizana, South Africa, after a car accident. He was 68. Mr. Ngema was a passenger in a car that was struck […]

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