Achmat Dangor
Achmat Dangor was born in October, 1948 in Johannesburg. He has devoted much of his life to politics, including heading up the Kagiso Trust, which, when created, was the largest black–led foundation in South Africa. He was formally Executive Director of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, and also former Director of Advocacy and Communications at the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS). His latest novel Bitter Fruit was shortlisted for the 2004 Man Booker Prize.
