The novelist, playwright, poet and academic is born on this day in the Eastern Cape.[1]
End Notes
[1]Zakes Mda, http://openbookfestival.co.za/authors/zakes-mda/ (7 March 2017). ↵
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1 January 1948
Zakes Mda was born on this day
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- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01https://openbookfestival.co.za/authors/zakes-mda/ (7 March 2017).
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2017, March 8). Zakes Mda was born on this day. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0122987
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