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(1932 - 2007) Poet, novelist and cultural leader.

== Biography ==
Born Sydney Sipho Sepamla in a township near Krugersdorp, he lived most of his life in Soweto.

== Training ==

Trained as a teacher at studied teaching at the Pretoria Normal College.

== Career ==

As an author he published several volumes of poetry and novels.

==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

A member of [[Medupe Writers Association]], a founding member (and for a while director of) the [[Federated Union of Black Artists]] ([[FUBA]]) (later the [[Fuba Academy of Arts]]) and editor of the literary magazine ''[[New Classic]]'' and the theatre magazine [[S'ketsh']].

== Awards, etc ==

He received the Thomas Pringle Award (1977) and the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his writing.

== Sources ==

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sipho_Sepamla

http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/sydney-sipho-sepamla

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Born in a township near Krugersdorp, Sipho Sepamla lived most of his life in Soweto.[2] He studied teaching at Pretoria Normal College and published his first volume of poetry, Hurry Up to It!, in 1975. During this period he was active in the Black Consciousness movement and his 1977 book The Soweto I Love, partly a response to the Soweto Uprising of 16 June 1976, was banned by the apartheid regime.[3] He was a founder of the Federated Union of Black Artists (now the Fuba Academy of Arts) and editor of the literary magazine New Classic and the theatre magazine S'ketsh.

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 == Biography ==
-[[Sipho Sydney James Sepamla]] was born on 22 September 1932 in Krugersdorp (now Mogale City), west of Johannesburg, to Moshe and Mamazana Sepamla. He was an only child. He lived most of his life in Soweto and died in January 2007 at the age of 74 at his home in Atlasville, Benoni, survived by his wife, five children and 11 grandchildren.
+[[Sipho Sydney James Sepamla]] was born on 22 September 1932 in Krugersdorp (now Mogale City), west of Johannesburg, to Moshe and Mamazana Sepamla. He was an only child. He lived most of his life in Soweto and died on 9 January 2007 at the age of 74 at his home in Atlasville, Benoni, survived by his wife, five children and 11 grandchildren.
 Sepamla was a cultural activist who was instrumental in the setting up of the [[Federated Union of Black Artists]] arts centre, Fuba. He was passionate about literature. and for him, the pen, “like the bomb, could be used in the fight against apartheid and social injustice in general”.

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 [[Sipho Sepamla]] (1932 - 2007). Poet, novelist and cultural leader.
-Sepamla was a cultural activist who was instrumental in the setting up of the Federated Union of Black Artists I arts centre, Fuba.
 == Biography ==
-Born [[Sipho Sydney James Sepamla]] in a township near Krugersdorp, he lived most of his life in Soweto. He died in Brakpan, Gauteng.
+[[Sipho Sydney James Sepamla]] was born on 22 September 1932 in Krugersdorp (now Mogale City), west of Johannesburg, to Moshe and Mamazana Sepamla. He was an only child. He lived most of his life in Soweto and died in January 2007 at the age of 74 at his home in Atlasville, Benoni, survived by his wife, five children and 11 grandchildren.
-Died in January 2007 at the age of 74 at his home in Atlasville, Benoni, survived by his wife, flve chIldren and 11 grandchildren.
+Sepamla was a cultural activist who was instrumental in the setting up of the [[Federated Union of Black Artists]] arts centre, Fuba. He was passionate about literature. and for him, the pen, “like the bomb, could be used in the fight against apartheid and social injustice in general”.
-Plays like King Kong, Alan Paton's Sponono and Gibson Kente's How Long helped nurture Sepamla's literary sensibilities.
+Plays like ''[[King Kong]]'', [[Alan Paton]]'s ''[[Sponono]]'' and [[Gibson Kente]]'s ''[[How Long]]'' helped nurture Sepamla's literary sensibilities.
-Trained as a teacher at studied teaching at the Pretoria Normal College.
+== Training ==
 After completing his Junior Certificate at the Tigerkloof Secondary School in Taung, North West, Sepamla went on to train as a teacher at the Kilnerton Training Institution in Pretoria.
 == Career ==
+As an author he published several volumes of poetry and novels. He published his first volume of poetry, ''Hurry Up to It!'', in 1975. During this period he was active in the [[Black Consciousness Movement]] and his 1977 book ''The Soweto I Love'', partly a response to the Soweto Uprising of 16 June 1976, was banned by the apartheid regime. He was a founder of the Federated Union of Black Artists (now the Fuba Academy of Arts) and editor of the literary magazine ''[[New Classic]]'' and the theatre magazine ''[[S'ketsh]]''.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 A member of [[Medupe Writers Association]], a founding member (and for a while director of) the [[Federated Union of Black Artists]] ([[FUBA]]) (later the [[Fuba Academy of Arts]]) and editor of the literary magazine ''[[New Classic]]'' and the theatre magazine [[S'ketsh']].
-He wrote [[Morning, Noon and After]], a play in three acts. Playscript [Typescript (photocopy)]
+He wrote ''[[Morning, Noon and After]]'', a play in three acts and the play ''[[Cry Yesterday's Fall]]'' published in ''[[S'ketsh']]'', Summer 1972.
-Donor: Simon family
 == Awards, etc ==
-He received the [[Thomas Pringle]] Award (1977) and the French ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' for his writing.
+He received the [[Thomas Pringle]] Award for his poetry (1977) and the French ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' for his writing.
-Lifetime Contribution to Theatrical Life an.J Out~taJ}ding Contribution 10 'lheatrical Life.
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+In 1996 he won the Moyra Fine award for outstanding contribution to theatrical life in South Africa ([[Vita Awards]] (national).
 == Sources ==
-[[Sowetan]], 1 October 1996.
+''[[Sowetan]]'', 1 October 1996.
-Born in a township near Krugersdorp, Sipho Sepamla lived most of his life in Soweto.[2] He studied teaching at Pretoria Normal College and published his first volume of poetry, Hurry Up to It!, in 1975. During this period he was active in the Black Consciousness movement and his 1977 book The Soweto I Love, partly a response to the Soweto Uprising of 16 June 1976, was banned by the apartheid regime.[3] He was a founder of the Federated Union of Black Artists (now the Fuba Academy of Arts) and editor of the literary magazine New Classic and the theatre magazine S'ketsh.
+SA History Online [http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/sydney-sipho-sepamla].
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 == Biography ==
-Born [[Sydney Sipho James Sepamla]] in a township near Krugersdorp, he lived most of his life in Soweto. He died in Brakpan, Gauteng.
+Born [[Sipho Sydney James Sepamla]] in a township near Krugersdorp, he lived most of his life in Soweto. He died in Brakpan, Gauteng.
 == Training ==

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 == Biography ==
-Born Sydney Sipho Sepamla in a township near Krugersdorp, he lived most of his life in Soweto. He died in Brakpan, Gauteng.
+Born [[Sydney Sipho James Sepamla]] in a township near Krugersdorp, he lived most of his life in Soweto. He died in Brakpan, Gauteng.
 == Training ==