Renowned South African playwright, producer and composer Mbongeni Ngema, the creator of the Broadway hit “Sarafina!”, has died in a car crash at the age of 68, his family said. The celebrated playwright was a passenger in the vehicle. It was adapted into a musical drama starring Whoopi Goldberg in 1992 and became an international success, being nominated for Tony and Grammy awards.
The many productions he created or to which he contributed inspired resilience and pride among us as fellow South Africans and took South Africa and our continent into the theaters, homes and consciousness of millions of people around the world,” President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a statement.
Renowned South African playwright, producer and composer Mbongeni Ngema, the creator of the Broadway hit "Sarafina!", has died in a car crash at the age of 68, his family said. Ngema was killed in a head-on accident while returning from a funeral in a rural town in Eastern Cape province, the family said in a…
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