Zakes Mofokeng
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Zakes Mofokeng (1941- ) is a South African playwright and musician. He started his theatrical career as an actor with Union Artists and later became a member of the Phoenix Players in Johannesburg. His first play was The Train (1974), written with Corney Mabaso. His plays include A New Song (1989). He went into exile in Switzerland after being released from political imprisonment. His autobiographical play Never Again was staged at the Teatro Dallas International Festival in the USA in 1995.
Sources
Phoenix Players theatre programme.
New York Times, 3 August 1977.
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