Mandla Langa Writer

Mandla Langa (born 1950 in Stanger, Durban) is a South African poet, short story writer, and novelist. He grew up in KwaMashu township. His novel The Lost Colours of the Chameleon won the 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Africa region).Langa studied at the University of Fort Hare, graduating in 1972 with a B.A. degree in English and Philosophy. In 1976, he went into exile and has lived in different countries of Southern Africa as well as in Hungary and the United Kingdom.