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Born in Port Elizabeth , Ntshona worked alongside fellow South African Athol Fugard on several occasions and played a minor role in Richard Attenborough 's acclaimed film '' Gandhi ''. Ntshona also played deposed President Julius Limbani, the subject of a rescue attempt in '' The Wild Geese '' (1977). Limbani is based on Moise Tshombe . With Fugard and John Kani , Ntshona wrote the 1973 play '' The Island '', in which he and Kani starred in a number of major international productions over the next thirty years. He and Kani were co-winners of the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for their performance in both ''The Island'' and '' Sizwe Banzi Is Dead '', which he also co-wrote. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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