Niq mhlongo biography

South African journalist, editor, writer and educator

Niq Mhlongo (born 10 June 1973) is a South African journalist, editor, writer and educator.

Early life and education

Mhlongo was born in Midway-Chiawelo, Soweto, the seventh of nine children, and raised in Soweto. His father, who died when Mhlongo was a teenager, worked as a post-office sweeper.

Niq Mhlongo (born 10 June ) is a South African journalist, editor, writer and educator.

Niq Mhlongo is a South African journalist, editor, writer and educator.

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Niq Mhlongo is a Sowetan-born writer and a travel journalist who graduated from Wits University with a BA degree (African Literature and Political Studies).

The South African writer, editor and journalist Niq Mhlongo was born in Soweto in He studied African Literature and Political Science at the.

Mhlongo was sent to Limpopo Province, the province his mother came from, to finish high school. Initially failing his matriculation exam in October 1990,^[1] Mhlongo completed his matric at Malenga High School in 1991.

He studied African literature and political studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, gaining a BA in 1996. In 1997, he enrolled to study law there, transferring to the University of Cape Town the following year. In 2000, he discontinued university study to write his first novel, Dog Eat Dog.^[2]

Writing

Mhlongo was described by Rachel Donadio in The New York Times as