Mbongeni Khumalo

{{Short description|South African poet (born 1976)}}

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Mbongeni Khumalo (born 15 July 1976) is a South African performance poet, poet and writer. He was born in Soweto. His poems and short stories have appeared in New Coin, Global Fire, Tribute, Timbila{{cite news|title=No brand-puppet poet|last=Cummiskey|first=Gary|date=12 January 2008|work=Business Day (South Africa)|pages=4; Arts, Culture, and Entertainment section|quote=the Timbila Poetry Project, which has published collections by poets such as Goodenough Mashego, Makhosazana Xaba and Mbongeni Khumalo.}} and Botsotso. In 1999 he won a merit award from the English Academy of South Africa.{{cite journal|year=2000|journal=The English Academy Review |volume=17-19|publisher=English Academy of Southern Africa|quote=The Academy once again ran the competition for Poetry in Translation. Merit awards were given to Monde Ngonyama, Mbongeni Khumalo and Leon de Kock}}