Kani, John

John Kani is a South African actor, director, and playwright famous for both his writing and his dramatic performance. He won a Fleur du Cap Award for "Nothing But the Truth", a play about the post-apartheid rift between those who had stayed in South Africa during the apartheid and those who returned only once it had ended. That same year, he was awarded an Obie for his extraordinary contributions to theater in the US. He has starred onstage in "My Children My Africa!" and "The Tempest", and can be seen on screen in a variety of television shows and movies, such as "Othello", "An African Dream...