Dumisani Sibiya

U**Dumisani Sibiya** ungumbhali wolimi lwesiZulu. Wazalwa mhla zingama-29 kuMbasa 1976. Usezuze izindondo eziningi zokubhala izincwadi, izinkondlo kanye nezindaba ezimfushane ngolimi lwesiZulu. Udume kakhulu ngenoveli yakhe yokuqala ngqa akayishicilela  ngonyaka wezi-2002 esihloko esithi ''Kungasa Ngifile''. Ngale noveli wazuza indodo yesiliva emncintiswaneni owaziwa ngokuthi, Umklomelo wakwaSanlam woMbhalo wentsha (*Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature*). USotobe ufundisa eNyuvesi yaseGoli (*University of Johannesburg*) lapho egxile khona ezifundweni zemibhalo kanye nezilimi.

## Impilo yokuqala nemfundo
USibiya wazalelwa endaweni yaseNquthu, eNyakatho neKwaZulu-Natali esigodini saseMhlangeni. Imfundo yakhe yamabanga aphakeme wayithola eCelumusa High School okuyisikole esisesigodini saseHaladu khona eNquthu. Waqeda umatikuletsheni (ibanga le-12) ngonyaka wezi-1994 khona eCelumusa High School lapho ayeyisihlabani ezifundweni zeZibalo kanye nezeziLimi . Emva kokuphothula amabanga aphakeme ngonyaka wezi-1998 walibangisa kwaNdongaziyaduma lapho enza khona iziqu zika-*BA* neNyuvesi yaseWitswatersrand. Izifundo ayegxile kuzo kule Nyuvesi kwabe kuyisiZulu, ezemiBhalo yase-Afrika (*African Literature*), ezeMidlalo namaFilimu (*Drama and Film*). USotobe wabuye waqhubeka nezifundo ze-*BA Honors* ngonyaka wezi 1999 esegxile eziLimini zaboMdabu nasemiBhalweni yase-Afrika kuphela. Izifundo ze-*BA Honors* wayezenza mbaxa-mbili ne-MA eziFundweni zokuShiclila kusukela ngowezi-2000 kuya kowezi-2001 zombili lezi ziqu wazithola ngamalengiso. Ngowezi-2022 uSibiya wathwesa iziqu zobudokotela eNyuvesi yaseGoli ngomqulu wakhe osihloko sithi 'Narrating the Nation: A Postcolonial Reading of Jabulani Mngadi's Novels.

## Imisebenzi

Emva kokuphuthula izifundo zakhe ze-*Masters* eNyuvesi yaseWitswatersrand uSibiya wahlabana nesikhundla sokufundisa imiBhalo yaseAfrika, isiZulu, kanye neziFundo zeMidiya eSikoleni sezeMibhalo kanye neziFundo zeziLimi, lesi sikhundla wasibamba kusukela ngonyaka wezi-2001 kuya kowezi-2004. Emva kokufundisa iminyaka emine ilandelana wajoyina inkampani yabashicileli i-Macimillan South Africa lapho ayesebenza njengomsizi kamshicileli, wasebenza izinyanga eziyisithupha . Ngonyaka wezi-2005 wasebenza enkampanini ebizwa ngokuthi i-Graphicor Communications lapho ayesebenza khona njengosozilimli. Wasebenza iminyaka emibili nohhafu ngaphambi kokuthi abuyele embonini yezokushililela ngonyaka wezi-2007.

NgoNhlangulana wezi-2007 uSotobe wasebenza njengomshicileli wezilimi zase-Afrika kwaClever Books (eyabe ingaphansi kwakaMacmillan South Afrika). Kulesi sikhundla wayeqasha ababhali, ebaqeqesha aphinde abashicilele. Wabuyela emkhakheni wezemfundo ngonyaka wezi-2012 lapho ajoyina khona iNyuvesi yaseGoli okulapho esezinze khona efundisa izifundo zemiBhalo kanye neziLimi.

## Izincwadi

* Kungasa Ngifile (2002), Cape Town: Tafelberg
* Ngidedele Ngife (2006), Cape Town: Tafelberg
* Ngiyolibala Ngifile 2010), Cape Town: Tafelberg
* Amazolo Ayizolo (2012), Cape Town: Via Afrika
* Inkululeko Engakhululekile (2020),  Pretoria: Weza Home Publishers

## Izindaba ezimfushane

* Imikhizo (2004), Johannesburg: Macmillan South Africa
* Izinzulu ZikaZulu (2011), Johannesburg: Macmillan South Africa
* Isiqongo (2005), SR Mdluli (umhleli) Pretoria: Stimela Publishers
* Sidla Ingqatho neFutho (2007), Mkhambeni, N (Umhleli), Pretoria: Afritude

## Izinkondlo

* Senz' Okwethu (2006), CD Ntuli (umhleli), Pretoria: Stimela Publishers
* Izinyosi  (2007), Rooderport: Vilvia Publishers
* Zibuyile Emasisweni, CD Ntuli & DBZ Ntuli (abahleli), Cape Town, Oxford University Press
* Isibusiso Nezinyembezi, EDM Sibiya (Umhleli), 

## Imidlalo

* Welcome to Johannesburg, Zweli Sibiya & Dumisani Sibiya

## Kumajenali

* Performance to Print and Print to Performance: Plays, Adaptations and Book Reading on South African Radio. Journal of African Cultural Studies, Volume 14, No.2, December 2 2001. pp.137-152

## Amaphepha akawethula kwizinkomfa

* Performance to Print and Print to Performance: Plays, Adaptations and Book Reading on South African Radio, lethulwa eNyuvsesi yaseRhodes ngowezi-2001
* Postulating Audience in isiZulu Radio Drama: Narration, Characterisation and Theme in Mlaba's uNdlebekazizwa, Iphephaelafundwa eNyuvesi yase Birmingham, eBukhosini oBuhlangene, ngoMandulo wezi-2002
* Cry Not; Try A Lot: The Development and Promotion of African-language literatures in South Africa, iphepha elafundwa kwinkomfa e-ALASA, eNyuvesi yaseVenda eNingizimu Afrika ngoNtulikazi wezi-2012

## Imiklomelo nemifundaze

* DR TW Khambule "Growing Our Timber" Award.
* Isaac Moephuli Memorial Award.
* Harold and Doris Tothill Bequest Fund Scholarship.
* ISMA-Maurice Floir Award.
* Vilakazi Memorial Award.

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