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Lesego Rampolokeng was born on 7 July, 1965 in Orlando West, Soweto, South Africa, is an A south african poet. Discover Lesego Rampolokeng's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old?
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Poet, writer, musician and artist |
| Age |
58 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer |
| Born |
7 July, 1965 |
| Birthday |
7 July |
| Birthplace |
Orlando West, Soweto, South Africa |
| Nationality |
South Africa
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Lesego Rampolokeng Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Lesego Rampolokeng Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Lesego Rampolokeng worth at the age of 58 years old? Lesego Rampolokeng’s income source is mostly from being a successful Poet. He is from South Africa. We have estimated Lesego Rampolokeng's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
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| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
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Under Review |
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Lesego Rampolokeng (born 7 July 1965) is a South African writer, playwright and performance poet.
Lesego Rampolokeng was born in 1965 in Orlando West, Soweto, Johannesburg.
He studied law at the University of the North in South Africa, but he has not followed this path any further.
He is directly influenced by the writings of Frantz Fanon and he comes from the Black Consciousness era of the 1970s and 1980s.
Ingoapele Madingoane, in particular, had an immense influence on Rampolokeng becoming a writer.
He is a PhD candidate at Rhodes University working on a thesis about Mafika Gwala.
Controversially he is also a fan of the writings of Herman Charles Bosman and even moved to Groot Marico to imbibe the spirit of the man.
(this explained in a live radio interview for 'Mushroom Hour')
In one of his poems, he claimed to "shoot the English with bullets that are British".
In another piece of work, "Riding the Victim's Train" (on the CD/album The H.a.l.f Ranthology), Rampolokeng calls himself "a leper cast out in the desert, and cold, without a snout or paw in the pot of gold".
He has shared a stage with local and international poets including Kgafela oa Magogodi, Lefifi Tladi, Lebo Mashile and Natalia Molebatsi.
Some academics and critics have compared Rampolokeng to the late Dambudzo Marechera because of his non-complacent and often confrontational writing.
Lesego Rampolokeng came to prominence in the 1980s, a very turbulent time in South Africa.
He was born and bred in Soweto:"I was born in Orlando West. Bred thorough all across Soweto. Orlando East, White City, Chiawelo, Meadowlands, Diepkloof. I schooled in Jabavu, Moroka, Jabulani… " (Bird Monk Seding p20) His poetry stands aside from politics and is savagely critical of the (post)apartheid establishment.
He collaborated with the Kalahari Surfers on the Shifty Records album End Beginnings (vinyl, cassette and CD:1990) and the Bandcamp release: Bantu Rejex (2017).
Live performances with Kalahari Surfers include:
His first two books were published by the Congress of South African Writers (COSAW) Horns for Hondo (1991) and Talking Rain (1993).
Rampolokeng has collaborated with various musicians on stage and in the studio.
He has performed in many countries and with musicians such as Julian Bahula, Soulemane Toure, Louis Mhlanga and Günter Sommer.
(i) The Festival PoesieBH’94 _Brazil (1994) poetry festival in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
(ii)'Sinner and Saint' concerts with Louis Mhlanga (Music ye Afrika), Vusi Mahlasela and Duncan Senyatso (Kgwanyape Band) at Angoulême in France.
He participated in the 2001 Poetry International Festival in Rotterdam.
Rampolokeng appears in the documentary Giant Steps (2005), directed by Geoff Mphakati and Aryan Kaganof.
National Gallery, Cape Town (2009)
