Mongane Wally Serote - Revision history

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Biography

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Awards, etc.

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Biography

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Sources

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Documentary

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As playwright

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Biography

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 In 1993, his seventh poetry collection, ''Third World Express'' (David Phillips, 1992) won the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa.
 In 2004, he received the Pablo Neruda award from the Chilean government.
-[[ACT]] Award 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award – Literature.
+He received the [[Order of Ikhamanga]] in Silver awarded by President Thabo Mbeki in 2007 and the prestigious Golden Wreath Award for Poetry in 2012.
 Serote was awarded honorary doctorates from the universities of KwaZulu-Natal and Transkei.
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 https://poetryinternationalweb.org/pi/site/poet/item/15594
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	Serote, a deeply spiritual man, is involved in the vital healing the country needs. In his private capacity as a traditional healer – a sangoma – and as CEO of the Freedom Park Trust, he was instrumental in overseeing the construction of the Freedom Park Memorial that opened in Pretoria.		Serote, a deeply spiritual man, is involved in the vital healing the country needs. In his private capacity as a traditional healer – a sangoma – and as CEO of the Freedom Park Trust, he was instrumental in overseeing the construction of the Freedom Park Memorial that opened in Pretoria.
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		+	He was inaugurated as the third National Poet Laureate of South Africa on November 6, 2018.

	===His writing===		===His writing===

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 In 1972, his first collection, ''Yakhal’inkomo'' went on to win the Ingrid Jonker Prize for debut poetry in English.
-In 1993, his seventh poetry collection, Third World Express (David Phillips, 1992) won the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa.
+In 1993, his seventh poetry collection, ''Third World Express'' (David Phillips, 1992) won the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa.
 In 2004, he received the Pablo Neruda award from the Chilean government.
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 [[ACT]] Award 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award – Literature.
 Serote was awarded honorary doctorates from the universities of KwaZulu-Natal and Transkei.
 == Sources ==

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 Serote held a variety of positions in the ANC, returning to South Africa in 1990, when he was appointed Head of the Department of Arts and Culture of the ANC in Johannesburg. He has also served as chair of the parliamentary select committee for arts and culture. He was also a Member of Parliament and Chairman of the Portfolio Committee for Arts, Culture, Language, Science and Technology.
-Serote, a deeply spiritual man, is involved in the vital healing the country needs. In his private capacity as a traditional healer – a sangoma – and as CEO of the Freedom Park Trust, he was instrumental in overseeing the construction of the Freedom Park Memorial that opened recently in Pretoria.
+Serote, a deeply spiritual man, is involved in the vital healing the country needs. In his private capacity as a traditional healer – a sangoma – and as CEO of the Freedom Park Trust, he was instrumental in overseeing the construction of the Freedom Park Memorial that opened in Pretoria.
 ===His writing===

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 == Biography ==
-Serote was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, South Africa on 8 May 1944, and went to school in Alexandra, Lesotho, and Soweto. He was held in detention in 1969, left the country in 1979 to live in Botswana. In Botswana he was an active member of [[Medu Art Ensemble]].
+Serote was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, South Africa on 8 May 1944, and went to school in Alexandra, Lesotho, and Soweto.
-On his return he became head of the ANC Cultural Desk.
+He was held in detention in 1969 for nine months in solitary confinement under the Terrorism Act.
 ===His writing===
 His published poems include ''Yakhal ‘inkomo'' (1972), ''Tsetlo'' (1974), ''No Baby Must Weep'' (1975) ''Behold: Mama, Flowers'' (1978) ''Selected Poems'' (1981), ''Come and Hope with Me'' (1994) and the novel ''To Every Birth its Blood'' (1981).
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 == Awards, etc. ==
 [[ACT]] Award 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award – Literature.
 == Sources ==

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	https://www.artic.edu/artworks/244087/shades-of-change		https://www.artic.edu/artworks/244087/shades-of-change
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		+	https://poetryinternationalweb.org/pi/site/poet/item/15594

	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 ===Documentary===
-Serote is featured in ''[[Wally Serote - South African Poet]]'' a 1987 documentary film by [[Meridian Productions]].
+Serote is featured in ''[[Wally Serote - South African Poet]]'', a 1987 documentary film by [[Meridian Productions]].
 == Awards, etc. ==

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	* ''[[Sikhahlel'u OR]]'' (2023) (adapted from the poem of the same name)		* ''[[Sikhahlel'u OR]]'' (2023) (adapted from the poem of the same name)
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−	~~•A TRIBUTE TO OLIVER REGINALD TAMBO~~
−	~~OR Prof Mongane Wally Serole~~
−	~~Ntshieng Mokgoro~~
−	~~MUSIC DIRECTOR: Ntsike Ngxanga~~
−	~~SIBUSISO KHWINANA THEATRE~~
−	~~23 - 26 MARCH 2023~~

	===Documentary===		===Documentary===

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	* ''[[The Way We Heal]]'' (2013)		* ''[[The Way We Heal]]'' (2013)
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		+	* ''[[Sikhahlel'u OR]]'' (2023) (adapted from the poem of the same name)
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		+	•A TRIBUTE TO OLIVER REGINALD TAMBO
		+	OR Prof Mongane Wally Serole
		+	Ntshieng Mokgoro
		+	MUSIC DIRECTOR: Ntsike Ngxanga
		+	SIBUSISO KHWINANA THEATRE
		+	23 - 26 MARCH 2023

	===Documentary===		===Documentary===