Maishe maponya biography

Maishe Maponya (1951-2021).

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Playwright, poet, lecturer, actor and director.

Biography

Born Isaiah Maishe Maponya, the son of a painter in Alexandra township, on 1 September 1951 in Alexandra. When Maishe was 11, the family was forcibly removed to Diepkloof under the Apartheid laws, where he was then educated.

He became an insurance clerk and began writing for the theatre in 1975.

He completed a masters degree in Theatre Studies at Leeds University and became a lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand Drama Department in 199*.

Maishe maponya biography

In 2001 he was appointed Director of Arts and Culture, with the Department of Arts, Culture, Technology and Science.

Maponya passed away on 29 July, 2021, after a long battle with cancer.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

In 1975 he founded the Bahumutsi Drama Group of Soweto, thenceforth writing and producing his plays for them.

During the 1980s the plays were also performed at the Market Theatre, and