Zakes Mda is part of the 2013 2nd Semester, and 2018 1st Semester cohorts at STIAS.
Projects
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Historical Novel - Research and Writing
While at STIAS a novel will be researched and written. It will be based on the historical events culminating in the killing of a British magistrate, Hamilt... -
The Zulus of New York and The Madonna of Excelsior Script
In 1880 William Leonard Hunt, known as The Great Farini after his trapeze act with a troupe called The Flying Farinis, a well-known Canadian funambulist a...
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STIAS Lecture Series: Prof. Zakes Mda - Place, memory, orature and the creative process: Readings from the fictions of Zakes Mda
Professor Zakes Mda, Professor of creative writing in the Department of English at Ohio University, and STIAS fellow will present a talk with the title: Pl...
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Recovering humanity? Book Launch of Zakes Mda's Justify the Enemy
STIAS is hosting the celebrated novelist, poet and playwright Zakes Mda as an Artist-in-Residence during 2018, where he is completing work on a new novel, ...
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Telling a good story - Fellows' seminar by Zakes Mda
“My mission is to tell a good story. If I don’t make my characters human – the story will fail,” said Zakes Mda. STIAS Fellow Zakes Mda during his semina...