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| − | (1941-) Actor, writer and theatrical producer. Best known in South Africa as the author of the innovative and internationally successful Zulu version of ''[[Macbeth]]'' (''[[uMabatha]]''). Originally created for the [[Natal Workshop Theatre]], and directed by [[Pieter Scholtz]] in 1970. In 1972 it opened the [[World Theatre Season]] in London, and then travelled on to New York. In 1979 Msomi settled in New York, to found the [[Zulu Dance Theatre]] in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area. Returning to South Africa in 1992, he choreographed the presidential inauguration for [[Nelson Mandela]] in 1994. In the same year he directed the musical ''[[Buya Africa]]''. He also helped set up a black marketing company and became the CEO of [[Sasani]], the first black controlled entertainment group listed on the JSE. [Appointed director of [[NAPAC/PACT]]??**** in 2000??**]. MSOMI, Welcome. He was the founder and director of the [[Zulu Dance Theatre]], which he’d established in 1965 in Durban. He wrote a free adaptation into Zulu of ''[[Macbeth]]'' called ''[[Umabatha]]''. It was first produced in Natal by Professor [[Elizabeth Sneddon]] in 1971. Together with [[Thuli Dumakude]], his future wife, he starred in this play in January 1974 at the [[Colosseum Theatre]], and directed his new version of it at the [[Civic]] in 1995 and the [[Playhouse]] in Durban in 1996.
| + | See [[E.T. Mthembu|Mthembu, E.T.]] |
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| − | Tucker, 1997
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