Nkosi, Lewis (1936– )

South African writer and broadcaster. Nkosi, exiled from South Africa in 1961, is particularly noted for his short stories, his plays The Rhythms of Violence (1964) and The Black Psychiatrist (2001), and his influential collection of essays Home and Exile (1965). His novels include Mating Birds (1986) and Underground People (2002; originally published in Dutch in 1994).