Duma ka Ndlovu

Duma ka Ndlovu (1954 - ). Filmmaker, poet, playwright, journalist, and TV producer.

Also billed variously as Duma Ndlovu and Duma Ka Ndlovu.

Biography

Born in Orlando West, Soweto.

He was professor of African history and African-American literature at New York's Stoneybrook University in the eighties and between 1996 and 2004 he was chairman of the SA Music Awards (SAMA).

In October 2024, ka Ndlovu appeared in the Johannesburg specialised commercial crimes court on 18 charges of tax fraud relating to Ndlovu’s personal and company income tax valued at about R26m.

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

As writer

He wrote a play Sheila's Day, directed for the Crossroads Theatre Company in the USA by Mbongeni Ngema in 1990, in South Africa in 1993. Published in 1999. In July 1996 a musical play, The Game was staged at Windybrow Arts Centre. He also wrote Bergville Stories.

He edited a collection of plays Woza Afrika: An Anthology of South African Plays.

He created the TV series Muvhango, and wrote several episodes of Imbewu - The Seed.

As director

As TV director, he directed several episodes of Uzalo, Muvhango and Imbewu - The Seed.

As producer

He was producer/executive producer on the the TV series Uzalo, Muvhango, Umkhokha: The Curse and Imbewu - The Seed.

Awards, etc.

His play The Game was joint winner 'best script', Vita Awards (Gauteng region), Award Year: 1997 and 'best director' Vita Award (National), award year 1997.

Sources

Sowetan, 13 June 1997.

Mail and Guardian, 15-21 August 1997.

Duma Ndlovu. IMdB. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5262331/

Ernest Mabuza. 'Duma ka Ndlovu, two others in court on R26m tax fraud charges'. Times Live. 1 October 2024.

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