Tenda Madima is a South African writer.
Madima was born in Venda, Limpopo, and holds a Master's Degree in Public Administration from the University of the Western Cape.
He translated the first Venda language novel, A si Ene, written by his father E. S. Madima, into English, and is the author of several novels, poems, short stories and radio scripts,[1] as well as being the founder of the New African Writer's Association.
His collection of short stories, Ri khou dzedza, won the African Heritage Literature Award in 1997, and A Victim of Circumstances won the South African Translator's Institute Literary Award in 2000.
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