Richard Poplak

Richard Poplak is a Johannesburg-based South African author, journalist and film maker who focuses on corporate criminality, race and equity issues.

Richard Poplak
Poplak (right) at the 2009 Pop Conference, Seattle
Born
Johannesburg
Alma materConcordia University
OccupationJournalist, director, author
Websitehttps://richardpoplak.com/

Early life and education

Poplak was born in Johannesburg.[1][2] He studied fine art and film making at Concordia University.[1]

Career

Poplak is the author of the 2010 journalistic comic book Kenk: A Graphic Portrait.[3][4][5]

He is a senior contributor to the Daily Maverick.[1]

Selected publications
  • Richard Poplak and Diana Neille, (directors) Influence (film) documents corruption and disinformation campaigns in South Africa government and the role of Bell Pottinger in supporting them.[6][7][8]
  • Richard Poplak and Kevin Bloom, Continental Shift: A Journey into Africa's Changing Fortunes, 2016 Portobello Books, ISBN 9781846273742 [9]
  • Richard Poplak, Ja No Man: Growing Up White in Apartheid Era South Africa, 2007, Penguin Canada ISBN 0143050443[10][11]
  • Richard Poplak, Kenk: A Graphic Portrait, 2010, Pop Sandbox, ISBN 978-0986488405[4]

Awards

Poplak's book Ja No Man made the 2008 Alan Paton Non-Fiction prize longlist[11] and the Now (newspaper) Top 10 books of 2007.[12]

References
  1. "Richard Poplak". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  2. Lucas, Powers (2 July 2013). "Why Obama is making an African power-play against China". CBC.
  3. Poplak, Richard; Jansen, Alex; Marinkovich, Nick; Gilmore, Jason (2010). Kenk: A Graphic Portrait. Pop Sandbox. ISBN 978-0-9864884-0-5.
  4. "Igor Kenk gets book treatment". The Globe and Mail. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  5. "Bike thief Igor Kenk released from jail". The Toronto Star. 6 March 2010. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  6. Shoba, Sandisiwe (21 August 2020). "Encounters Film Festival: Bell Pottinger Exposed: Influence unpacks the evils of disinformation". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  7. "Richard Poplak, Diana Neille's "Agents of Influence" among Hot Docs Forum picks". Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  8. Felperin, Leslie (3 February 2020). "'Influence': Film Review | Sundance 2020". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  9. Cummings, Ryan (2 June 2016). "Continental Shift: Question everything you think you know about Africa". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  10. Mbao, Wamuwi. "Terror Terroir: Building Disruptive Possibilities in Ivan Vladislavić’s The Folly." Journal of Literary Studies 36.4 (2020): 9-26.
  11. "Alan Paton Award Long list | Book awards | LibraryThing". www.librarything.com. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  12. "Susan G. Cole's Top 10 Books". NOW Magazine. 27 December 2007. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
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