[citation needed] Burger began work as a poet, winning the Alabama State Poetry Society Award in 1997.
[10] Other plays include Mashoga (My Wife) (Glasgow Any Objections Festival 2013), The Inkanyamba (Market Theatre Lab, 2015), and Fees Must Fall (Wits University, 2016).
[12] Burger’s nonfiction work includes the unpublished manuscript Someday It Will Rain: A Journey Through Big Oil and Development in Africa, for which he is represented by Lowenstein and Associates in New York City.
Alex also executive produced a series of videos for The World Bank group[14] documented a five year program in Ghana, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire working with infrastructure companies, government, and local businesses.
Burger has 25 years’ experience running development and civil rights projects in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the USA.