Mthuli ka Shezi Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Mthuli ka Shezi Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Mthuli ka Shezi (1947â€"1972) was a South African playwright and

political activist. He was a student activist when he attended the

University of Zululand, and in 1972 he was elected the first vice

president of the Black People's Convention. His writing reflected the

struggle of recovering African identity in colonial and post-colonial

societies, a topic which reflects his involvement in Steve Biko's

Black Consciousness Movement as well as the influence of Frantz

Fanon.In December 1972, Shezi died when he was pushed in front of a

moving train at Germiston station after coming to the defense of

African women being drenched with water by a white station cleaner. He

posthumously received the Order of Luthuli for his "political

leadership, outstanding contribution to the performing arts, and

activism against apartheid"He became a symbol for the struggle of

black South Africans against the apartheid regime."I am black/ Black

like my mother/ Black like the sufferers/ Black like the continent" -

from the play Shanti published in 1972
Mthuli ka Shezi Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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