Lesego Rampolokeng was born on 7 July 1965 and is a South African writer, playwright and performance poet.
13 Facts About Lesego Rampolokeng
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Lesego Rampolokeng was born in 1965 in Orlando West, Soweto, Johannesburg.
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Lesego Rampolokeng studied law at the University of the North in South Africa, but he has not followed this path any further.
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Lesego Rampolokeng came to prominence in the 1980s, a very turbulent time in South Africa.
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Lesego Rampolokeng has performed in many countries and with musicians such as Julian Bahula, Soulemane Toure, Louis Mhlanga and Gunter Sommer.
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Lesego Rampolokeng collaborated with the Kalahari Surfers on the Shifty Records album End Beginnings and the Bandcamp release: Bantu Rejex.
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Lesego Rampolokeng is directly influenced by the writings of Frantz Fanon and he comes from the Black Consciousness era of the 1970s and 1980s.
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Lesego Rampolokeng is influenced by Ingoapele Madingoane, Matsemela Manaka and Maishe Maponya.
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Ingoapele Madingoane, in particular, had an immense influence on Lesego Rampolokeng becoming a writer.
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Lesego Rampolokeng is a PhD candidate at Rhodes University working on a thesis about Mafika Gwala.
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Lesego Rampolokeng has shared a stage with local and international poets including Kgafela oa Magogodi, Lefifi Tladi, Lebo Mashile and Natalia Molebatsi.
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Lesego Rampolokeng appears in the documentary Giant Steps, directed by Geoff Mphakati and Aryan Kaganof.
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Lesego Rampolokeng participated in the 2001 Poetry International Festival in Rotterdam.