Zakes Mofokeng

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Zakes Mofokeng (1941- ) is a South African playwright and musician. His first play was The Train (1974), written with Corney Mabaso. He started his theatrical career as an actor with Union Artists and later became a member of the Phoenix Players in Johannesburg. He went into exile in Switzerland after being released as a political prisoner. His autobiographical play Never Again was staged at the Teatro Dallas international festival in 1995.

Sources

Phoenix Players theatre programme.

New York Times, 3 August 1977.

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