Lionel Ngakane

Lionel Ngakane (17 July 1928 – 26 November 2003) was a South African filmmaker and actor, who lived in exile in the United Kingdom from the 1950s until 1994, when he returned to South Africa after the end of apartheid.[3] His father (a teacher) set up a hostel with Alan Paton, author of the 1948 novel Cry, The Beloved Country.As an actor, he appeared in films, including The Mark of the Hawk in 1957 (with Eartha Kitt),[4] on television — Quatermass and the Pit (1958) and the spy series Danger Man (Deadline, 1962) with Patrick McGoohan, and on stage — in Errol John's Moon on a Rainbow Shawl,[5] and Wole Soyinka's play The Lion and the Jewel at the Royal Court Theatre in 1966.He is best remembered for his short film Jemima and Johnny (1965), inspired by the 1958 "race riots" in Notting Hill, London.[7] In 2020, Ngakane was honoured at the RapidLion South African International Film Festival.
PretoriaRustenburgFort Hare University CollegeUniversity of WitwatersrandJemima and JohnnyOrder of IkhamangafilmmakerUnited Kingdomapartheid1958 "race riots" in Notting HillVeniceRiminiPan African Federation of FilmmakersPanafrican Film and Television Festival of OuagadougouSophiatownJohannesburgAlan PatonCry, The Beloved CountryZoltan KordaThe Mark of the HawkEartha KittQuatermass and the PitDanger ManPatrick McGoohanErrol JohnMoon on a Rainbow ShawlWole SoyinkaThe Lion and the JewelRoyal Court TheatreAfricanUniversity of NatalBourne, StephenThe IndependentScreenonlineKeith Shiri