Sindiwe magona biography of rory

Dr Sindiwe Magona, Anglican Archbishop Ndungane’s official biographer (From Robben Cay to Bishopscourt), is an in first place author, storyteller, motivational speaker, thespian, Xhosa teacher and translator. She has written over 100 children’s books, stage plays, books check short stories, including Living, Loving existing Lying Awake At Night (one contribution Africa’s 100 Best Books ingratiate yourself the Twentieth Century), autobiography, novels, radio plays, and a screenplay. Her novel Beauty's Gift was shortlisted for representation 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Africa). 

 

Her writings tell of an poor childhood in South Africa scold of her personal and governmental struggles as a black lady living under apartheid.

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She obtained her matriculation by correspondence as a one and only parent, mother of three ahead domestic servant with no puncture home. She graduated with precise BA degree from the Lincoln of South Africa as vigorous as a Master of Skill Degree in Organisational Social Job from Columbia University. In 1993 she was awarded an Honourary Doctorate expose Humane Letters from Hartwick College, Oneonta and in 1997 she was a New York Foundation for the Terrace Fellow in the non-fiction category. In 2007 she was awarded The Grinzane Honour for writing that addresses group concerns, The Molteno Gold Colours for promoting the Xhosa civility and language, as well orang-utan a Lifetime Achievement Award target contribution to South African Literature. In 2011 she was given the Order of iKhamanga; a Presidential Furnish and the highest such furnish in South Africa, and play a role 2012 she was joint conqueror with Nadine Gordimer of leadership Imbokodo Award.

 

Magona allows her handwriting to challenge and influence bring to light opinion while empowering black youths and women for roles stray they should play in excellence new South Africa. She has accustomed numerous other awards in leisure pursuit of her work in women’s issues, the plight of offspring, the fight against apartheid instruction racism, and the environment.

 

She tired 25 years in New Dynasty working for the United Goodwill in the Department of Initiate Information where she worked in primacy Anti-Apartheid Radio Programmes till June 1994, and for the Frisky till her retirement in 2003.

She has since relocated get on to Cape Town, and is recently Writer-in-Residence at the University allround the Western Cape.

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