Earlier this year, I got to review ntate Zakes Mda’s memoirs, “Sometimes there is a void“, for Warscapes. I’ve been trying to get an interview with him since, to no avail. He was in Maseru this past week to give the annual Mohlomi lecture (check out this blog post for background on chief Mohlomi).
Prof @zakesmda has the crowd attentive and laughing at his jokes about the times he lived in Lesotho #mohlomimemoriallecture
— Visions Magazine (@VisionsmagLS) September 26, 2013
“Lesotho is my home at a much deeper ancestral level…” – Prof @zakesmda#mohlomimemoriallecture
— Visions Magazine (@VisionsmagLS) September 26, 2013
Prof @zakesmda says he does not believe in a government that delivers but a community that drives its own destiny #mohlomimemoriallecture
— Visions Magazine (@VisionsmagLS) September 26, 2013
While it’s not a lot, the tweets do offer some insight into the thinking of ntate Zakes, an established playwright, author, and academic. Follow him on twitter.
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