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Mbongeni Ngema is a South African playwright, writer, composer, director, producer, and actor. He is best known for his musicals, which include Sarafina!, Woza Albert!, and Asinamali! He has also written and directed several films, including Sarafina! and The Zulu. Ngema was born in Verulam, South Africa, on 10 May 1955. He attended the University of Natal, where he studied drama and music. After graduating, he worked as a teacher and then as a director at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg. Ngema's first major success was the musical Sarafina!, which he wrote and directed in 1982. The musical was a huge success, and it was later adapted into a film in 1992. Ngema also wrote and directed the musicals Woza Albert! and Asinamali!, both of which were also successful. Ngema has also written and directed several films, including Sarafina!, The Zulu, and The Lion of Soweto. He has also written and directed several plays, including The Song of Jacob Zulu and The Lion and the Jewel. Ngema has won numerous awards for his work, including the South African Film and Television Award for Best Director in 1992, the South African Film and Television Award for Best Screenplay in 1993, and the South African Film and Television Award for Best Film in 1994. As of 2021, Mbongeni Ngema's net worth is estimated to be roughly $2 million.

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Occupation Playwright, writer, composer, director, produce,actor
Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 10 May 1955
Birthday 10 May
Birthplace Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Date of death December 27, 2023
Died Place Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Nationality South Africa

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His wife is Leleti Khumalo

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2019

Several books and academic work have been written about Mbongeni Ngema and his celebrated works, including Nothing Except Ourselves by Laura Jones (USA), The Best of Mbongeni Ngema, The man and his music by Isabel Cooke (RSA), An investigation into the creation and interpretation in Mbongeni Ngema’s intra-cultural Theatre – N. O. Sabelo (UKZN Thesis).

2014

To add to the growing list of accolades, Ngema has recently been conferred with an honorary doctorate from the Good Shepherd College of Religion, Culture and skills training. This prestige was in honour and recognition of Ngema's service to South African music and on-going impact in the arts sector. Ngema was recently the recipient of a prestigious Life Time Achievement Award, presented to him at the Naledi Awards ceremony held in Johannesburg in 2014.

1998

In 1998, Ngema was inducted in the New York "Walk of Fame" in front of the Lucille Lortel Theatre in Manhattan, New York City, as one of the revered Writers of the 21st century. 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.

1997

In 1997, Ngema was appointed as a visiting lecturer at the University of Zululand to teach his unique artistic technique and subsequently produced the first CD released by the university's music department. In 2003 he was appointed as Artistic Director for the 2003 Cricket World Cup and in 2004 appointed as one of the organisers of the 10th Anniversary Celebrations of South Africa's democracy. He has been entrusted by the KZN Department of Arts, Sports and Recreation for establishing and managing the recording studio and record company, The KZN Music House managed by his company Committed Artists.

1990

Ngema has had a string of blockbusters that include his award-winning and internationally revered Woza Albert, Township Fever (1990), which travelled from the Market Theatre to the USA the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Majestic Theatre; Mama (1995), Asinamali (1996), Maria Maria (1997), The Zulu – the musical (1999), 1906 Bhambada The Freedom Fighter, The House of Shaka (2005) and The Lion of the East (2006).

1988

He was previously married to actress Leleti Khumalo, who received a 1988 Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical for Sarafina!, as well as starring in the leading role in South Africa's first Oscar-nominated film Yesterday.

1956

Mbongeni Ngema (born 1 June 1956) is a South African writer, lyricist, composer, director and theatre producer, born in Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal (near Durban). He started his career as a theatre backing guitarist.

1879

Ngema prides himself on being from the lineage of the warriors Mbandama and Sigcwelegcwele kaMhlekehleke of the Ngema clan who led the Ingoba Makhosi regiment, a pivotal regiment that defeated the British armies at the Battle of Isandlwana in the Anglo-Zulu war, on 22 January 1879.