Fikile Patrick Magadlela (13 December 1952 – 2003) was a visual artist of the Black Consciousness movement in South Africa, recognized for his art's mystical and poetic quality,[1][2] also noted for "subversive" and political art.

He dropped out of High school in standard 8 (10th grade) to work as a full-time artist.

Magadlela was relatively self-taught but he spent many hours with fellow artists exchanging ideas and techniques.

Magadlela worked closely with artists such as Ezrom Legae, Solly Maphiri, Winston Saoli, Percy Sedumedi, Pietro Cuzzolini and Harold Jeppe who became his mentor, introducing him to art circles in Johannesburg.

His most renowned work was entitled “Birth of The Second Creation” a series of drafted, mystical landscapes showing an African man and woman in flowing drapery and overwhelming clouds.