Eastern Cape Born Actor and Model Sonwabile Gingqishe just celebrated his accolades as he’s been in the journey for more than a decade.
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS:
Scholarships:
•New York Film Academy
•New York Concevotory For Dramatic Arts
•Parul University
INTERNATIONAL CALLBACKS
•Tyler Perry Studios,
•Slate Model & Talent,
•BGM Models
•The Diamond Agency
•Premier Models and Talent
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS:
•Great Dionysia (Athens)
•Sentinel Literacy Quarterly Poetry Competition(UK)
•Arts International (Orlando Florida)
•Flip The Script (Hollywood)
•Haarlem Salsa ARTS Festival (Amsterdam)
•YES Africa TV Awards (Strong Powerful Black African Men’s Award Winner)
NATIONAL AWARDS:
• Assupol Museum Of Heroes
•100 Shining Stars Award 2020 Winner.
•MTN School Awards: Top Overall Actor, Top Overall Spoken Word Artist.
•Spiced Beef Poetry Awards: Best English Poet, Best Poetic Hip Hop Artist of The Year and Best Writer.
•Chihenchi Pictures: Top Overall Spoken Word Artist and Best Writer.
•Recite Your Own Poetry
•Golden Oak Award: Best Actor in leading roles, Best Writer and Director.
•Battle Of The Best South Africa
•The Golden Voice
PROVINCIAL AWARDS:
•Eastern Cape Poetry Slam Championships:
•Eastern Cape Book Festival: Best Fiction, Literature Winner and Best Poet Winner
•Eastern Cape Cultural Awards: Individual Lifetime contribution to arts and culture, Written and Oral Literature
and Arts and Culture Management Individual.
•International ARTS Talent Showcase: Top Overall Actor and Model
•Summer Heat: Quality Star, Top Overall Talent, Top Actor, Top Spoken Word Artist and Top Overall Model
•MTN School Awards: Best Actor, Best Writer and Best Poet
•Social Development Youth Camp: Top Overall Actor, Best Spoken Word Artist
•Nkonkobe Cultural Festival: Best Production, Best Director and Best Writer (2012-2014)
•Raymond Mhlaba Cultural Annual Festival: Best Production, Best Writer and Best Director (2015-2019)
•Community Builder Of The Year
TV COMMERCIALS FEATURED;
•MAQ Dish Washer (currently flighting),
•Global Citizen (For Beyonce, J-Z)
•Fanta
•MTN
•Samsung Pay
•Steers
•KFC
•Nike (with Caster Semenya)
•FNB
•Standard Bank
•GoTV
•DSTV
•Vodacom, McDonalds
•Chicken Licken
•Nedbank
•Nandos
•Telkom
•Coca Cola
•Hippo and
•Nivea for men
•Sanlam
NATIONAL SOAPIES:
•Binnerlanders
•Skeem Saam
•TheQueen
TV INTERVIEWS
•SABC 3 Expresso Show
•eNCA
•E-TV
•BayTV
•Cape Town TV
•SowetoTV
RADIO INTERVIEWS
Lost the count but it’s over 50
FORMAL EDUCATIONAL TRAINING:
•New York Film Academy
•Oakfields College
•Lindani Senior Secondary School
SKILLS
•Script Writing
•Directing
•Drama Coaching
•Spoken Word Poetry
•Rapping
•Motivational Speaking
•Event Hosting and Producing.
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