John Kani, left, director Athol Fugard and Winston Ntshona walking past the Royal Court Theatre in London in 1973. James Jackson/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption ...

John Kani risked his life to tell stories of apartheid — at 81, he's still at it. The South African actor has been speaking out about racial injustice for decades, ...

Bonisile John Kani is a South African actor, author, director and playwright. He is known for portraying T'Chaka in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Captain America: Civil War and Black Panther ...

Looking back at his plunge into theater during apartheid, actor and playwright John Kani sees the stage as a form of resistance — even a weapon. “That’s why I am an artist. That’s why I am ...

Kani, who played T'Chaka, the father of Boseman's T'Challa's, in the 2018 film, opened up about his experience while at the L.A. premiere of Mufasa: The Lion King on Dec. 9. "Here is this kid.

John Kani is pictured at South Africa's premiere of Disney's Mufasa, the Lion King in Johannesburg, in December 2024. Dressed in a baseball cap and down jacket, ...

John Kani, left, director Athol Fugard and Winston Ntshona walking past the Royal Court Theatre in London in 1973. Together, Kani, Fugard and Ntshona brought stories of the plight of Black South ...

The South African actor has been speaking out about racial injustice for decades, often in collaboration with the late playwright Athol Fugard. Kunene and the King is Kani's latest project.

Actor, playwright and activist John Kani is a legend in South Africa. He was arrested, beaten and almost left for dead because of his work developing and starring in plays that were often searing ...

Actor, playwright and activist John Kani is a legend in South Africa. He was arrested, beaten and almost left for dead because of his work developing and starring in plays that were often searing ...