1. Sindiwe Magona was born on 27 August 1943 and is a South African writer.
10 Facts About Sindiwe Magona
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Sindiwe Magona grew up in Gugulethu, a Cape Town township, and worked as a domestic while completing her secondary education by correspondence.
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Sindiwe Magona later graduated from the University of South Africa and earned her Master of Science degree in Organisational Social Work from Columbia University.
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Sindiwe Magona starred as Singisa in the isiXhosa classic drama Ityala Lamawele.
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Sindiwe Magona worked in various capacities for the United Nations for more than 20 years, retiring in 2003.
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Sindiwe Magona is Writer-in-Residence at the University of the Western Cape and has been a visiting professor working at Georgia State University.
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Sindiwe Magona published her autobiography, To My Children's Children, in 1990.
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Sindiwe Magona's children's books include The Best Meal Ever and Life is a hard but beautiful thing: English, Afrikaans.
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Sindiwe Magona created the first series for children in isiXhosa: Sigalelekile: 48 books.
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Sindiwe Magona contributed more than twenty books in another series, Siyakhula.