Gcina Mhlophe

U -Gcina Mhlophe (wabelethwa mhlana malanga ama-24 kuSewula 1958) mcoci weendatjana, umtloli, umtloli wemidlalo, nomlingisi weSewula Afrika. Ngomnyaka ka-2016, wabhalwa njengomunye wabafazi abali-100 be-BBC . Ucoca iindatjana zakhe ngamalimi amane weSewula Afrika: isiNgisi, isiBhunu, isiZulu nesiXhosa, begodu usiza nokukhuthaza abantwana ukuthi bafunde.

 Ipilo yokuthoma 
U-Nokugcina Elsie Mhlophe wabelethwa mhlana amalanga ama-24 kuNobayeni wee-1958 e-Hammarsdale, e-KwaZulu-Natal,  kumma oM -Xhosa nobaba oMZulu . Ubaba ka-Gcina bekasebenza enkampanini yamafutha e-Jacobs, e-South Durban basin, ngesikhathi unina asebenza njengesisebenzi sangekhaya. Wabelethwa ngaphandle komtjhado, wahlukana nonina nakaneminyaka emibili, wayokuhlala noyise, obekatjhadile anabantwana ababu-8. 

Wathoma ipilo yakhe yokusebenza njengesisebenzi sangekhaya,  begodu azange avakatjhele ilayibrari bekwaba kulapho aneminyaka ema-20. 

 Ibizelo 
U-Mhlophe bekasebenza njengomfundi weendaba e-Press Trust ne -BBC Radio . Kusukela ngo-1982 ukuya ku-1983, bekamtloli wemagazini ethi "Learn and Teach". 

Wathoma ukuzwisisa ukufunwa kweendaba ngesikhathi ase- Chicago ngo-1988. Wadlala emtatjweni weencwadi endaweni ehlala abantu abanzima, lapho ababukeli bebahlala bammema khona. Nanyana kunjalo, u-Mhlophe wathoma ukucabanga ngokucoca iindaba njengomsebenzi ngemva kokuhlangana no- Imbongi, omunye weembongi ezidumileko zeendatjana ze-Afrika, begodu ngemva kokukhuthazwa ngu- Mannie Manim, obegade angumnqophisi we -Market Theatre, e-Jwanasbege. Kusukela ngo-1989 ukuya ku-1990, bekangumnqophisi ohlala e- Market Theatre . 

U-Mhlophe uvele emathiyetha ukusuka e-Soweto ukuya e-London, begodu umsebenzi wakhe omnengi utjhugululwe ngesiJarimani, isiFulentshi, isiNtaliyane, isiSwahili, nesiJapanese . Ukhambe khulu e -Afrika nezinye iindawo zomhlaba anikela ngemihlangano yokucoca iindaba.

Iindatjana zaka-Mhlophe zihlanganisa iindatjana, ilwazi, iindaba zanje, ingoma, nezitjho . Ukucoca iindatjana msebenzi wesintu khulu eSewula Afrika, begodu u-Mhlophe ngomunye wabafazi abambalwa abacoca iindatjana enarheni ebuswa babantu abaduna. Wenza umsebenzi wakhe ngokudlala okuthakazelisako, asebenzela ukubulunga ukucoca iindaba njengendlela yokugcina umlando uphila nokukhuthaza abantwana beSewula Afrika bona bafunde. Ukhuluma iindaba zakhe ngeenlimi ezine zeSewula Afrika: isiNgisi, isiBhunu, isiZulu nesiXhosa .

Ukutlola kwakhe kuvele kukhongozeloelifaka hlangana i-A Land Apart: A South African Reader (eds André Brink and JM Coetzee, London: Faber and Faber, 1986), Daughters of Africa (ed. Margaret Busby, London: Jonatan Cape, 1992) kanye ne -Women Writing Africa: The Southern Region (Margaret: Margaret Day, 1992). Witwatersrand University Press, 2002).

 Eminye imisebenzi 
UMhlophe weluleka abantu abatjha, athuthukise amakgono asesematjha ukuthi aragele phambili ngomsebenzi wokucoca iindatjana nge-Zanendaba ("Bring me a story") esisungulo. Isisungulo lesi, esasungulwa ngo-2002, sisebenzisana ne-Market Theatre kanye ne-READ, ihlangano yeentjhabatjhaba yokufunda nokutlola.

Njenganje  usebenza njengomxhasi we- ASSITEJ South Africa, i-International Association for Theatre for Children and Young People.

Uphethe indawo yokudlalela ebizwa nge-"The Storytelling Tree" eThekwini . 

Usebenza njengesikhulumi esikhuthazako . 

Kusukela ngomnyaka ka-2019,  ilanga lokubelethwa laka-Mhlophe, mhlana amalanga ama-24 kuNobayeni, likhunjulwa njengelanga leNarha lokuTjheja iindatjana eSewula Afrika. 

Kusuka ngo-2023[ilwazi lamva], UMhlophe watlomelwa nge-honorary doctorates  kumayunivesithi alikhomba emhlabeni. Kufaka hlangana:

Okhunye ukuhlonitjhwa komsebenzi wakhe kufaka hlangana:

 1987: Umvuzo we-Obie wokusebenza kuhle komlingisi ( i-New York City ) nge -Born in the RSA 
 1988: U-Joseph Jefferson Award we-Best Actress ( Chicago ) nge- Have seen Zandile?
 198?: Umvuzo we-Sony we-Radio Drama ovela ku-BBC Radio Africa nge- Have seen Zandile?
 1990: Umvuzo wokuthoma we-Fringe (Edinburgh) we-Have seen Zandile?
 1991: Umkhethi, umvuzo we-Noma, we -Queen of the Tortoises
 1991, i-Ashoka Fellowship (umsunguli wezamabhizinisi wezenhlalakahle)
 1994: Umvuzo we-Book Chat we -Molo Zoleka
 2016: Wabizwa njengomunye wabafazi abali-100 be-BBC 
 2018: Umvuzo wokuthoma we-USIBA Cultural Legend, ovela kuNgqongqotjhe wezobuKghwari namaSiko 
 I-SAFTA Lifetime Achievement Award. 

 Imidlalo ekhethiweko 

 1983, indima ephambili ku- Umongikazi: The Nurse, ka- Maishe Maponya 
 1984, ku- Black Dog: Inj'emnyama
 1986, Indawo yokulila (ifilimu)
 1986, Ukhe Wambona UZandile? (umdlalo wokuziphilela, e-Market Theatre, e-Goli, u-Mhlophe njengo-Zandile) 
 1987, Wabelethwa e-RSA (New York)
 1989, umnyanya wokucoca iindaba e-Market Theatre
 1989, wenza ikondlo yokuhlonipha u- Albert Luthuli, umnqobi we-Nobel Peace Prize ka-1960
 1990, yenza i- Have You Seen Zandile? emnyanyeni we -Edinburgh Festival e-Europe ne-USA 
 1997, Inkondlo ye-Afrika, eveza imbongi
 1999, isikhulumi sesivakatjhi emnyanyeni wabatloli be-Perth
 2000, eyenziwa ku- Peter und der Wolf e- Komische Oper (Berlin)
 2002, Amathambo weKhumbuzo (ukudlala, ukulandisa umlando ukusuka eSewula Afrika endala netjha)
 2003, wafundisa ngokucoca iindaba emhlanganweni we- Eye of the Beholder
 2003, uMata Mata (ukudlala, umvumo womndeni)
 2006, umnyanya weNdebe yePhasi ye-FIFA eSewula Afrika, e-Germany 
 2016, Kalushi (ifilimu) 
 2017, i-Liyana, ifilimu ye-multimedia ka- Aaron Kopp 

 Ukuvela kwedokhumenthri 

 Wadlala begodu walandisa ku-Traveling Songs
 1990, wenza iinkondlo ku- Songololo: Amaphimbo weTjhuguluko (indlela amasiko weSewula Afrika aba yingcenye yomzabalazo wokulwisana nebandlululo) 
 1993, Ingoma eKhambako (ikambiso yesimanje yokubuthelela iindaba)
 Uvele ku-Literacy Alive
 Uvele ku -Art Works

 Ukurekhoda 
UMhlophe watlola umvumo womlandelande wakhe we -SABC TV Gcina & Friends

 1993, Umvumo wabantu abancani (CD)
 1993, ilizwi lomfundi Akusi msinya kangako, Songololo (videorekhodi), Weston Woods, Weston CT, Scholastic
 1994, I-The Gift of the Tortoise (efakwe isandla ku-albhamu ye- Ladysmith Black Mambazo )
 2002, i-Fudukazi's Magic itjengiswe e- Durban ku-African Union Film Festival

 Ukusebenzisana 

 U-Pops Mohamed, umvumi nomlondolozi womculo weentjhaba
 I-Ladysmith Black Mambazo, isiqhema sekhwaya, i-The Gift of the Tortoise (CD), 1994 kanye ne-Music for Little People in America (CD), 1993
 U-Anant Singh, umkhiqizi wevidiyo, i-Fudukazi's Magic (i-CD nevidiyo yababukeli be-German)

 Isilululwazi 

 Ithoyilethi 1987 (indatjana efitjhani) 
 Molo! Zoleka New Africa Education, 1994. (Incwadi yabantwana) 
 UMaZanendaba kanye negobolondo lendaba yemilingo (incwadi yabantwana) 
 Inyoka eneenhloko ezilikhomba . I-Johannesburg: Skotaville Publishers, 1989. (Incwadi yabantwana, etjhugululwe ngeenlimi ezihlanu ze-Afrika, i-edishini yesiNgisi iyatlhogeka kiwo woke amalayibhrari weenkolo weSewula Afrika) 
 Ukhe wambona na uZandile? . I-Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1990. (Ukudlala, okusekelwe ebuntwaneni bakhe, okutlhogekako emalayibhrari weyunivesithi yeSewula Afrika) 
 INdlovukazi yamaFudu . I-Johannesburg: Skotaville, 1990. (Ibhuku labantwana) 
 Inja Ehlabelako . Idwetshwe ngu-Erica Maritz no-Andries Maritz. I-Johannesburg: Skotaville, 1992. (Ibhuku labantwana) 
 UNalohima, iFudu elingazwako . Gamsberg Macmillan, 1999. 
 Umlingo ka-Fudukazi . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. (CD – amagama nomvumo, ukudlala) 
 Umlingo ka-Fudukazi . I-Cambridge University Press, 2000 (i-CD – amagama nomvumo, ukudlala, kwababukeli be-German)
 UNozi, Umama weencwadi . U-Maskew Miller Longman, 2001. (CD nencwadi, umdlalo weSewula Afrika ukuya eenkolweni zemakhaya) 
 Umama kaKresmusi we-Afrika . Maskew Miller Longman, 2002. (CD nencwadi) 
 Thanda Umntwana . I-Durban: University of Natal Press, 2002. (Imemori, iqoqo leendaba) 
 Iindaba ze-Afrika . I-University of Natal Press, 2003. (Incwadi yabantwana) 
 INdlovukazi ye-Imbira . Maskew Miller Longman, 2003. (Incwadi yabantwana) 
 Iingoma neendatjana ze-Afrika – Umnqobi wemitlomelo yomvumo weSewula Afrika ka-2010 nge-albhamu ehle khulu yabantwana be-English – umvumo we-Afrika okhilimu 

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