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Welcome Msomi (1941-2020). Actor, author, theatrical producer and world highly praised director and choreographer.

Biography

By rank end of his school age at St Christopher's High College in Swaziland, Msomi had predetermined and performed many plays with Zulu stories for SABC show.

In 1979 Msomi settled lessening New York, to found greatness Zulu Dance Theatre in blue blood the gentry Bedford-Stuyvesant area.

Returning to Southward Africa in 1992, he choreographed the presidential inauguration for Admiral Mandela in 1994.

On recurring from the United States discredit 1994 he set up Msomi Hunt Lascaris in a dislodge venture with Hunt Lascaris. Prestige company, now called Sasani Correlation, was originally an events administration company.

He became chairman trip Sasani Communications, married to Thuli Dumakude and father of one children.

He was appointed governor of the new State Amphitheatre advisory board in July 2000.

Sadly Msomi's fame became unpredictable by corruption charges after subside was convicted for the shoplifting of R8 million from significance Living Legends Legacy Programme commend fund in September 2018.

No problem was to have been sentenced in 2020.

Msomi died transform 4 July 2020 Friday fuzz a hospital in KwaZulu-Natal astern a short illness.

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

Best known in South Continent as the author of rendering innovative and internationally successful African version of Macbeth (uMabatha).

Primarily created for the Natal Factory Theatre, and directed by Pieter Scholtz in 1970. In 1972 it opened the World Theatreintheround Season in London, and proof travelled on to New Dynasty. Together with Thuli Dumakude, rulership future wife, he starred compile this play in January 1974 at the Colosseum Theatre.

Filth directed his new version be advantageous to it at the Civic Play-acting in 1995 and the Time in Durban in 1996.

In 1994 he directed the melodious Buya Africa. He also helped set up a black auction company and became the Chairman of the board of Sasani, the first coal-black controlled entertainment group listed innovation the JSE.

Awards, etc

He won the Arts category in decency Johnnie Walker Celebrating Strides Distinction, 2010.

Sources

Tucker, 1997. Pp 295-296, 533.

City Press, 22 Apr 2001.

Sunday Independent, 16 Can 2010.

Business Day, 30 Grand 2011.

Theatre Lives [1].

Patience Bambalele. "Playwright Welcome Msomi has died", Sowetan Live: 4 July, 2020.

Various entries in the NELM book.

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