Cont Mhlanga

Cont Mdladla Mhlanga (1957/1958 – 1 August 2022) was a Zimbabwean playwright, actor, and theatre director. He was also the founder and head of the Amakhosi Theatre Productions company, formed in 1982.

Mhlanga was a critic of the government of Robert Mugabe, and was 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.

Written

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

Directed

 * Bamqgibela Ephila
 * Omunye Umngcwabo