Emzini’s Manqoba Khumalo Opens Up About His Education Journey As He Graduates
Emzini’s Manqoba Khumalo Opens Up About His Education Journey As He Graduates. Congratulations are on order to Manqoba Khumalo, who recently leveled up his academics. The talented Emzini actor, is now a graduate, an achievement he is massively celebrating.
“I was always a rowdy kid, not in a “get expelled from school” kind of way, no, but growing up I was a mixed bag, absolute nerd, athlete, book-reader, artist etc, always getting into trouble but never having my parents hear about it, probably from then I knew I wasn’t going to do anything “normal” with my life.
I enjoyed school as a whole up until about Grade 10, anything after that for me was more of a social experiment and it felt like a waste of my time, I always liked studying what I was interested in, not what they decided should be interesting to me, so you can guess how that went, in every report card I was always the bright student but the teacher’s comment was always that I could do better,
after Matric, way before even, I didn’t agree with the fact that my life should be decided by 7 subjects, so I basically bullshitted my way through what people wanted me to do, then I got sick of that and kicked in my natural stubbornness or arrogance and applied to a film school to be an actor,
the first person I ever told I wanted to be actor back in high-school laughed at me, granted, I was a nerdy semi-athlete with no background in arts other drawing, talking a lot and loving movies, but I set my mind to it, because I can in fact do whatever I want, and one day after watching Training Day and seeing Denzel perform to me what was a masterclass, I decided fuck it, I can do that and I want to do that,
so I left Eswatini, and before I did, my Dad sat me down and reminded me why he named me uManqoba, the Conqueror.
I got to Randburg in 2024, learned at AACA, coasted half a year then tightened up the last half of the year, I wanted this career more than anyone and anything, so I worked, all year; my films probably sucked, I made enemies, friends, mentors, but if you ask me,
the BEST AND MOST IMPORTANT thing I made of myself in the year 2024 was that I became what I always knew I could be, so I may be something different to everyone else but what I am and what you will have to definitely, unequivocally, undeniably and universally have to address me as is;
an actor.
my name is Manqoba Thobile Khumalo and I am an actor.
that feels bloody fantastic to say,” he said.
