Nokuthula Mazibuko, a South African writer in Washington DC
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16 February, 2007
Nokuthula Mazibuko, a South African writer is in Washington DC for the George Washington University "World Literature Series"
Free Public Events:
- Monday, February 26:
Library of Congress
James Madison Building
Independence Ave SE, between
1st & 2nd Streets, 6th floor in Dining Room A
1:00-2:00PM - Wednesday February 28:
GapBuster Learning Center
Talk to parents & community (Black History Month)
8216 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
6:00-8:00 PM - Saturday, March 3:
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
Reading/Talk
National Museum of African Art, Lecture Hall
950 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington DC
2:00 PM
Short biography:
Nokuthula was born in 1973 in Soweto. She started working as a multi-media writer and researcher in 1997.
She has written and directed two documentary films (for e-tv and ZIFF) – Lady Was a Mshoza (1999), and The Gift of Song (2000) -- as well as several inserts for TV. She has most recently directed two documentary films on South African writers for the series Mantswe a Bonono (2005).
Her writing credits include award winning shows, Soulcity, Takalani Sesame, Molo Fish II, and numerous educational television and radio shows (OLSET, Fundani Nathi). She spent two years directing and producing news and inserts for the BBC's Africa Bureau.
Nokuthula has published two novellas for youth, In the Fast Lane (2003) and A Mozambican Summer (2006) (as part of the New Africa Books Siyagruva Series).
In 2003, she was awarded the Bessie Head writing fellowship .
Her short stories appear on her website (www.thulacreative.co.za), as well as in Urban 2, and Soweto Inside & Out, Leaves to a Tree, 180 Degrees and the feminist site www.fito.co.za
She has also lectured on a part-time basis on feminism and African Literature.
Nokuthula writes to figure out the world, entertain and share ideas. She particularly enjoys writing for young people, as it puts her in touch with a world of endless hope and possibilities.
When she's not writing/reading, directing or teaching - she dances, practices yoga & the martial arts, visits friends and family and sleeps.
She lives in Tswane with her husband.
