Francisco EsaĆŗ Cossa (pseudonym Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa, also spelled as Ungulani ba ka Khosa) is a Mozambican writer born August 1, 1957, in Inhaminga, Sofala Province.
Khosa completed elementary school in Sofala, and high school in Zambezia.
In Maputo he attended Eduardo Mondlane University, receiving a bachelor's degree in History and Geography.
He then worked as a high school teacher.
In 1982, Khosa worked for the Ministry of Education for over a year.
Six months after leaving the Ministry of Education, he was invited to work for the Writerās Association.
He initiated his career as a writer with the publication of several short stories and was one of the founders of the magazine Charrua of the AssociaĆ§Ć£o dos Escritores MoƧambicanos (AEMO).
It was his experiences in Niassa and Cabo Delgado, where poorly organized reeducation camps were located, that gave him the urge to write and expose this reality.