Bongani Madondo is a non-fiction writer, biographer and amateur film-maker. He spends time in Johannesburg, Cape Town and the Eastern Cape. His books include Hot Type (2007) and I’m Not Your Weekend Special: Portraits on the Life+Style & Politics of Brenda Fassie (2014). Madondo has contributed monographs and lectures on the politics of style, film and rock & roll at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMa), in Warsaw, and at Haus Kulturen der Welt, in Berlin. His work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Transition, Internazaionale, Sunday Times Lifestyle, Rolling Stone, Noted, Man, True Love, Readers Digest, Marie Claire and Elle. Sigh the Beloved Country is his most recent book.
Twitter: @bonganimadondo
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