Lionel Ngakane
Biography
Lionel Ngakane was a South African filmmaker and actor born in Pretoria in 1928. He lived in exile in the UK from the 1950s until 1994, returning to South Africa after apartheid's end. Ngakane won awards for his 1965 film Jemima and Johnny, inspired by London's 1958 "race riots." A founding member of Pan African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI), he also directed documentaries on apartheid and African development.