The family of renowned South African playwright, producer and composer Mbongeni Ngema says he has died in a car crash at the age of 68.

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Mbongeni Ngema, the South African playwright whose activist tale 'Sarafina!' played on Broadway and was adapted as a film, has died age 68.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Renowned South African playwright, producer and composer Mbongeni Ngema, the creator of the Broadway hit “Sarafina!”, has died in a car crash at the age of 68, his family ...

Renowned South African playwright Mbongeni Ngema was killed in a car crash, his family said. He was best known for creating the hit "Sarafina!," which premiered on Broadway in 1988.

Mbongeni Ngema, Renowned South African Playwright and Creator of ‘Sarafina!,’ Dies at 68 The musical was adapted into a musical drama starring Whoopi Goldberg in 1992, becoming an ...

Sarafina! told the story of a young student and how she inspired her peers to fight against racial segregation in apartheid South Africa after her teacher was thrown in jail.