IntroZimbabwean playwright and actor
IsWriter 
Playwright 
Actor 
FromZimbabwe 
TypeFilm, TV, Stage & Radio 
Literature 
Gendermale

Cont Mdladla Mhlanga is a Zimbabwean playwright, actor and theatre director. He is also the founder and head of the Amakhosi Theatre Productions company, formed in 1982.
He is a critic of the government of Robert Mugabe, and has been arrested often for public expressions of his views. He, alongside Burmese satirist Zarganar and City of Rhyme – a 14-strong hip-hop group from northern Brazil, whose lyrics condemn violence – were winners of the inaugural Freedom to Create Prize in 2008.

Works

Written

  • The Good President
  • The End
  • Vikela
  • Sinjalo
  • Children On Fire
  • Games and Bombs
  • The Members

Directed

  • Bamqgibela Ephila
  • Omunye Umngcwabo