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Gcina Mhlophe: Biography of Gcina Mhlophe, Age, Career & Net Worth<\/b><\/p>\n

Here is all you need to know about Gcina Mhlophe profile<\/strong>….<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gcina Mhlophe (born 24 October 1958) is a South African anti-apartheid activist, actress, storyteller, poet, playwright, director, and author.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gcina Mhlophe Biography, Age, Career & Net Worth<\/h2>\n

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Gcina Mhlophe Age<\/h3>\n

Gcina Mhlophe\u00a0was born on the 24th of October 1958 in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. As of 2020, she is 62 years old and celebrates her birthday on October 24th every year.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Career<\/h3>\n

Gcina Mhlophe\u00a0began her career as a domestic worker, then went on to work for the Press Trust and BBC Radio as a newsreader, and finally as a writer for Learn and Teach, a magazine for newly literate individuals.<\/p>\n

She played at a library in a predominantly black neighborhood, where she was repeatedly invited back by an ever-increasing audience.<\/p>\n

Mhlophe is now the patron of the International Association for Theatre for Children and Young People, ASSITEJ South Africa.<\/p>\n

Mhlophe is now the patron of the International Association for Theatre for Children and Young People, ASSITEJ South Africa.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Selected Works<\/h3>\n
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  • 1983, took the lead in\u00a0Umongikazi: The Nurse<\/i>, by Maishe Maponya<\/li>\n
  • 1984, in\u00a0Black Dog: Inj\u2019emnyama<\/i><\/li>\n
  • 1986,\u00a0Place of Weeping<\/i>\u00a0(film)<\/li>\n
  • 1986,\u00a0Have You Seen Zandile?<\/i>\u00a0(autobiographical play, at the Market Theatre, Johannesburg , Mhlophe as Zandile)<\/li>\n
  • 1987,\u00a0Born in the RSA<\/i>\u00a0(New York)<\/li>\n
  • 1989, storytelling festival at the Market Theatre<\/li>\n
  • 1989, performed a poem in honor of Albert Luthuli, 1960 Nobel Peace Prize winner<\/li>\n
  • 1990, performed\u00a0Have You Seen Zandile?<\/i>\u00a0at the Edinburgh Festival tour through Europe and the USA<\/li>\n
  • 1989\u20131990, resident director at the Market Theatre<\/li>\n
  • co-ordinator at reading, a national literacy organization<\/li>\n
  • 1991, Ashoka Fellowship (social entrepreneurship innovator)<\/li>\n
  • 1993,\u00a0Music for Little People<\/i>\u00a0(CD)<\/li>\n
  • 1993, reader voice\u00a0Not so fast, Songololo<\/i>\u00a0(videorecording), Weston Woods, Weston CT, Scholastic<\/li>\n
  • 1994,\u00a0The Gift of the Tortoise<\/i>\u00a0(contributed to the Ladysmith Black Mambazo album)<\/li>\n
  • 1997, Poetry Africa, presenting poet<\/li>\n
  • 1999, guest speaker at the Perth Writers Festival<\/li>\n
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra<\/li>\n
  • Royal Albert Hall, London<\/li>\n
  • Cologne Philharmonie,\u00a0Africa at the Opera<\/i><\/li>\n
  • 2000, performed in\u00a0Peter und der Wolf<\/i>\u00a0at the Komische Oper (Berlin)<\/li>\n
  • Wrote music for her SABC TV series\u00a0Gcina & Friends<\/i><\/li>\n
  • 2002,\u00a0Fudukazi\u2019s Magic<\/i>\u00a0screened in Durban at the African Union Film Festival<\/li>\n
  • 2002,\u00a0The Bones of Memory<\/i>\u00a0(performance, history-telling from the old and new South Africa)<\/li>\n
  • 2003, lectured on storytelling at the\u00a0Eye of the Beholder<\/i>\u00a0seminar<\/li>\n
  • 2003,\u00a0Mata Mata<\/i>\u00a0(performance, family musical)<\/li>\n
  • 2006, FIFA World Cup South African handover ceremony, Germany<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    <\/span>Gcina Mhlophe Net Worth<\/h3>\n

    She has an estimated net worth of $400,000 which she has earned as an activist, actress, storyteller, poet, playwright, director, and author.<\/p>\n