Lidudumalingani Mqombothi
Lidudumalingani Mqombothi, born in the village of Zikhovane in the Eastern Cape, is a South African writer, film-maker and photographer.
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| Born | Zikhovane, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Short Story; Non-fiction; Criticism |
| Notable works | Memories We Lost |
| Notable awards | Caine Prize for African Writing |
Awards and honours
- 2016 Caine Prize winner for Memories we Lost[1][2][3]
- 2016 Miles Morland Scholarship
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gollark: It's much more about tribal signalling than actual policy and doing useful things.
gollark: You can't actually do anything significant to them in most cases, and they monopolize vast amounts of people's attention and communication bandwidth.
gollark: Large-scale politics is *basically* (EDIT: mostly) a horrible infohazard pushed by organizations trying to maximize your engagement (which is often done by generating outrage at the Other Side) and the politicians trying to get you to use your small and indirected power to benefit them.
gollark: NOT ignoring them doesn't work well either.
References
- Lindesay Irvine (5 July 2016). "£10,000 Caine prize for African writing goes to Lidudumalingani". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- "Lidudumalingani wins seventeenth Caine Prize for African Writing". The Caine Prize. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- "SA writer Mqombothi wins £10 000 Caine Prize". Independent Online. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
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