Cont Mdladla Mhlanga (1957/1958 – 1 August 2022)[1] was a Zimbabwean playwright, actor, and theatre director.
[2] He was also the founder and head of the Amakhosi Theatre Productions company, formed in 1982.
[3][4] Mhlanga was a critic of the government of Robert Mugabe, and was arrested often for public expressions of his views.
He, alongside Burmese satirist Zarganar and City of Rhyme – a 14-strong hip-hop group from northern Brazil, whose lyrics condemn violence[5] – were winners of the inaugural Freedom to Create Prize in 2008.
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