Siphiwo Mahala Author

Siphiwo Mahala was born in Grahamstown and studied at the University of Fort Hare, Alice, where he obtained a degree in literature. He completed an MA degree at the University of the Witwatersrand. His short stories appear in different anthologies locally and internationally. His first novel, When a Man Cries (2007), received the Ernst van Heerden Creative Writing Award. He is currently the head of books and publishing at the national Department of Arts and Culture