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Thando Mgqolozana is a South African author, curator, & producer, best known for his prescient novels, films, & festivals. Born in Cape Town, raised in the Eastern Cape province, Mgqolozana studied at the University of the Western Cape before pursuing a successful artistic career.
Thando Mgqolozana (born 27 August 1983, in Cape Town, South Africa) is a Mandela Rhodes Scholar, a recipient of the Golden Key International Honour for Scholastic Achievement, and one of the Mail & Guardian’s Top 200 Young South Africans of 2010.
Thando Mgqolozana is a novelist, curator and filmmaker. Over the last decade, his creative works have won numerous national and international prizes. Since its world premiere at Sundance, The Wound has collected more than 26 international awards and has found a home in over 30 territories worldwide.
Aug 27, 2021 · On August 21, the ex-wife of South African novelist and director of Abantu Festival Thando Mgqolozana accused him of gender-based violence in a series of tweets. In a video statement posted on various social media platforms, Mgqolozana denies the allegations, indicating his openness to seeking legal redress.
Aug 26, 2021 · On Saturday, 21 August, the South African and greater Pan-African literary community was sent reeling by a series of tweets accusing Thando Mgqolozana, writer and founder of the Abantu Book Festival, of gender-based violence. The tweets were deleted later that evening.
May 1, 2009 · With frankness and courage, author Thando Mgqolozana's powerful novel details the pain and lifelong shame that is experienced as a result of not just the physical trauma, but the social ostracism of being labeled 'a failed man.'
Sep 13, 2023 · By questioning black masculinity in post-apartheid South Africa, Thando Mgqolozana became one of the most impactful writers of his time. But then he got accused of the same thing he opposed.
