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Mike Nkululeko Maphoto (13 August 1982) is a South African Literature writer whose works include novels, short stories and nonfiction as well as a social critic. He created one of the most iconic South African contemporary literature book series under the title Diary of a Zulu Girl. He has been described in the Sunday Times as "changing the game"

Born in Zimbabwe to an exiled politician Isaac Lesiba Maphotho - Wikipedia he attended the University of Cape Town in South Africa where he studied law and politics. Mike has written the novels Diary of a Zulu Girl Part One (2013), Diary of a Zulu Girl Part Two (2013) Confessions of a Sugar Baby (2019). At the South African Annual Bookmark Awards he won the 2015 Bookmark Award for the Best Blogger As a blogger he has written Memoirs of a Tired Black Man (2014), Rumblings (2014), Realities (2015), Majuba (2015), Young Employed and Single (2016), Missteps of a Young Wife (2015) with Thozama Mqikela. Missteps of a Young Wife inspired hit series Makoti on SABC1 which reached a total of 4.7 million viewers per episode making it the number one TV series in South Africa in 2019. The success of his blogs led to his invitation to be a Tedx speaker in 2013 titled, The South African Story is a Universal Story