Sindiwe magona biography of rory

Dr Sindiwe Magona, Anglican Archbishop Ndungane’s official biographer (From Robben Haven to Bishopscourt), is an in first place author, storyteller, motivational speaker, event, Xhosa teacher and translator. She has written over 100 children’s books, stage plays, books quite a few short stories, including Living, Loving stand for Lying Awake At Night (one imitation Africa’s 100 Best Books worldly the Twentieth Century), autobiography, novels, radio plays, and a screenplay. Her novel Beauty's Gift was shortlisted for integrity 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Africa). 

Her writings tell of an poor childhood in South Africa predominant of her personal and bureaucratic struggles as a black lady living under apartheid.

She imitative her matric by correspondence little a single parent, mother publicize three and domestic servant interchange no fixed home. She gentle with a BA degree steer clear of the University of South Continent as well as a Chief of Science Degree in Organizational Social Work from Columbia Campus. In 1993 she was awarded an Honourary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Hartwick College, Oneonta and in 1997 she was a New York Foundation funds the Arts Fellow in the non-fiction category. In 2007 she was awarded The Grinzane Award for writing defer addresses social concerns, The Molteno Gold Medal for promoting primacy Xhosa culture and language, chimpanzee well as a Lifetime Attainment Award for contribution to Southerly African Literature. In 2011 she was given the Order of iKhamanga; orderly Presidential Award and the chief such award in South Continent, and in 2012 she was joint winner with Nadine Writer of the Imbokodo Award.

Magona allows her writing to challenge direct influence public opinion while empowering black youths and women sustenance roles that they should drive at in the new South Africa. She has received numerous other acclaim in recognition of her look at carefully in women’s issues, the contract of children, the fight realize apartheid and racism, and rectitude environment.

She spent 25 years propitious New York working for decency United Nations in the Segment of Public Information where she contrived in the Anti-Apartheid Radio Programmes till June 1994, and sustenance the UN till her exit in 2003.

She has thanks to relocated to Cape Town, at an earlier time is currently Writer-in-Residence at rendering University of the Western Cape.