Lwazi Xaba
Lwazi Xaba (19**-2016) was a Durban based musician, poet, storyteller, actor and photographer.
Also known as also known as "King Zorro" or simply "Zorro" in Durban.
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Biography
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
He started out his arts career by getting involved in poetry and dance performances, inter alia at the Poetry Africa Festival, later became a self-taught photographer.
He is a founding member of the Durban poetry collective Nowadayz Poets and was a participant of Poetry Africa 2007.
His stage appearances include the improvisational piece The Hungry, in which he acted with the creators, Ellis Pearson and Bheki Mkhwane (2006).
As a photographer held an exhibition called Abantu at the Citizen in Florida Road, Durban, in 2009 and again in 2011 at the Durban Art Gallery.
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https://www.iol.co.za/entertainment/in-the-picture-at-national-festival-1533509
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