rmshengukavanagh
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Bio
Rhodes Scholar, alumnus of Cape Town, Oxford and Leeds, fourth generation African, conversant in six African languages, published author, cultural activist and academic in South Africa, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe, Robert Mshengu Kavanagh is a South African of Celtic descent who has lived in Zimbabwe from 1984 to the present. He has an M.Phil. from Oxford and a Ph.D. from Leeds. Published books include: “The Making of a Servant”, translations of Xhosa satirical poetry with Z.S.Qangule (Baobab), "Theatre and Cultural Struggle in South Africa" (Zed Books), "Making People's Theatre" (Wits University Press), “South African People’s Plays” ed. (Heineman African Writers Series), “Ngoma: Approaches to Arts Education in Southern Africa” ed. (Zimbabwe Academy of Arts Education). “Whatever Happened to Zimbabwe: Challenging the Stereotypes” (Themba Books, publication in progress).