Nape 'a Motana (born 1945)[1] is a Pretoria-based South African writer, known for the novel Fanie Fourie's Lobola (University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2007), which was subsequently made into a film of the same name. His play, The Honeymoon is Over, won the New Voices Award in 1995. He authored Sepedi Proverbs, illustrated by Garth Erasmus and published in 2004, and the young adult novel Hamba Sugar Daddy (Jacana Media, 2016).[2] His other novels are Son-in-law of the Boere (2010), Rabeka's Dream (2015) and Babatunde’s Heroic Journey (2018).[3][4]

Motana studied creative writing at the University of Cape Town and the University of Pretoria, obtaining an MA and a PhD.[3] He is married to Sibongile with whom he has two daughters, Mmasello and Thabang, and two sons, Ramaswaile and Bafana-Bafana.[5] Motana has also worked as a copywriter, a social worker and a journalist.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Motana, Nape'a, 1945-". Library of Congress. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "Hamba Sugar Daddy". All African Books. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Meet your writers: Nape 'a Motana and David Nnanna Ikpo". University of Pretoria. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "Babatunde's Heroic Journey by Nape'a Motana". PEN South Africa. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Fanie Fourie's Lobola Paperback". Amazon. 1 July 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Nape 'a Motana". All African Books. Retrieved 6 April 2019.


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