Cont Mdladla Mhlanga (1957/1958 – 1 August 2022)[1] was a Zimbabwean playwright, actor, and theatre director.[2] He was also the founder and head of the Amakhosi Theatre Productions company, formed in 1982.[3][4]

Mhlanga was a critic of the government of Robert Mugabe, and was 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[5] – were winners of the inaugural Freedom to Create Prize in 2008.[6][7]

Works

Written

• The Good President
• The End
• Vikela
• Sinjalo
• Children On Fire
• Games and Bombs
• The Members

Directed

• Bamqgibela Ephila
• Omunye Umngcwabo

References

External links

• AmaKhosi
• Voices from Zimbabwe
• Cont Mhlanga at IMDb

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