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          5. Matsemela Manaka

          South African playwright, poet, and artist (–)

          Matsemela Manaka (–) was a South African playwright, poet, and artist.[1] He began his career in the mids and was influenced by the ideas of the Black Consciousness Movement.[2] Among his plays, the most distinguished are Egoli: City of Gold and Children of Asazi. He won the PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award in [1]

          Early life and education

          Manaka was born on 20 June , in Alexandra township.[3] He attended primary and secondary school in Diepkloof, and spent the majority of his life in Soweto.[3] He then attended Ithumeng Commercial College studying commerce part-time.

          Manaka desired to attend a university, but the recently introduced requirement for Afrikaans, which wasn't offered at Ithumeng, was prohibitive. He then enrolled at Matibane High School in , which did offer the language, but his attempt was voided, ironically, by the Soweto uprising