Fana Mokoena Biography, Age, Career & Net worth
Fana Mokoena (born 13 May 1971) is a South African actor and politician known for his role as Rwandan general Augustin Bizimungu in the 2004 film Hotel Rwanda.
Mokoena graduated from the University of Cape Town in the year 1991.
Fana Mokoena Age
He was born on the 13th of May 1971 in Kroonstad, Free State, South Africa. Fana Mokoena is 49 years old as of 2020.
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Career
Filmography
- Dangerous Ground (1997) as Youth
- Generations (1998) (TV series) as Dr. Mandla Sithole
- Country of My Skull (2004) (uncredited) as Mandla
- Hotel Rwanda (2004) as General Bizimungu
- The LAB (2006) South African TV series as Jaws Bengu
- Wild at Heart (2008, 2010) (TV series) as Mr Ekotto
- Machine Gun Preacher (2011) as John Garang
- Safe House (2012) as Officer in charge
- World War Z (2013) as Thierry Umutoni
- Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013) as Govan Mbeki
Theatre
- Truth in Translation
- Dizzy Heights
- Juluis Caesar
- Rising in the Sun
- A midsummernights Dream
- Emandulo
- Winnie the pooh
- The big bang
- Peter Pan
- Love of the Nightingale
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Net Worth
According to online sources, Fana Mokoenaâs has an estimated net worth of $1 Million â $10 Million (Approx.).
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Fana Mokoena News
Fana Mokoena on Black Panther: Theyâve exploited black film and weâve fallen for it
Source: Timeslive.co.za
Veteran actor and politician Fana Mokoena has slammed the creators of Hollywood blockbuster Black Panther claiming they were duping black Africans and distorting the black liberation movement.
While thousands of South Africans continue to flock to cinemas to watch the Marvel film, Fana took to social media to share his thoughts on the harm the film would do to the African fight for emancipation.
He started off a lengthy essay on the film by claiming the movie may offer hope to âthe hopeless African majority in the worldâ, and congratulated its creators for doing so, but said he was not celebrating.
âIâm proud indeed, but am I celebrating? The answer is an emphatic no and my reasons are a few. Iâm not celebrating because once more, Hollywood has played its hand in exploiting black film for its own end and black people have once more fallen for the carrot.â
He said that if Hollywood really wanted to include the African child, they would have offered producership to its director Ryan Coogler.
Fana said he was disappointed in the way Hollywood used the Black Panther name, often associated with the American black liberation movement, to make money and dilute the movementâs legacy.
âA white company in Hollywood suddenly develops a conscience about the lack of a black superhero in the Hollywood estate and fights the good fight for all Africans and the diaspora? Reality check. Once more, Hollywood has colonized the history of our struggle. This time they did it in the most callous way. They have destroyed the narrative of a struggle movement and through the power of money and media, replaced it with a frivolous fantastical film that has no bearing whatsoever on what happens in the daily lives of Africans who they claim to represent.â
He said Marvel âpreyed on the black massâ insatiable appetite to assimilate white livesâ by creating a hero similar to those created by white communities.
âThere was a time in our history when a flurry of nationalist black academia was trying to convince us Jesus Christ and Moses were black. The evidence was paper thin, but in our overzealous ambition to capture white history and make it our own, we fell for it. Today, Marvel Studiosâ Superhero is our modern day Jesus who saves the day. We must have our own, you know why? Because white people have been having it.â