Gcina Mhlophe
Actor · b. 1958 · KwaZulu-Natal ,South Africa
Nokugcina Elsie Mhlophe (born 24 October 1958), also known as Gcina Mhlophe, is a South African anti-apartheid activist, actress, storyteller, poet, playwright, director and author. Storytelling is a deeply traditional activity in South Africa, and Mhlophe is one of the few woman storytellers in a country dominated by males. She does her work through charismatic performances, working to preserve storytelling as a means of keeping history alive and encouraging South African children to read. She tells her stories in four of South Africa's languages: English, Afrikaans, Zulu and Xhosa.
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MovieDramaSet in Zululand South Africa three Zulu men must re-awaken sleeping demons when Mpiyakhe, now a successful Johannesburg businessman, returns home. Under adversity they are compelled to make life changing choices.
Movie9.0AnimationDocumentaryA talented group of orphaned children in Swaziland create a fictional heroine and send her on a dangerous quest.
Liyana
2017 · 6 votes
Movie9.0DramaWhen a farm worker is killed a journalist working in a nearby area investigates the murder
Place of Weeping
1986 · 1 votes
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Songololo: Voices of Change is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Marianne Kaplan and released in 1990.An examination of South Africa in the earliest days of the transition from apartheid to democracy, the film explores the power of music and art as tools of activism and social change, focusing primarily on writer Gcina Mhlophe and musician Mzwakhe Mbuli.
Songololo: Voices of Change
1990 · 1 votes