Mongane Wally Serote, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mongane Wally Serote

South African poet and writer

Date of Birth: 08-May-1944

Place of Birth: Sophiatown, Gauteng, South Africa

Profession: writer, poet, politician

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Mongane Wally Serote (born 8 May 1944) is a South African poet and writer.
He became involved in political resistance to the apartheid government by joining the African National Congress (ANC) and in 1969 was arrested and detained for several months without trial.
He subsequently spent years in exile, working in Botswana, and later London, England, for the ANC in their Arts and Culture Department, before eventually returning to South Africa in 1990.