Gregory George Garfield Geordie Smith
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Gregory George Garfield Geordie Smith (August 04, 1970 - )is a South African writer, political analyst and media critic.
Born in Pondoland, South Africa during the Apartheid era he is best known for his Novel, Geordieland, which explores the dynamics of white anglo-saxon pioneers and settlers of the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Smith himself proclaims to be a 'white African' and 7th generation anglo-dutch South African, advocating a paradigm shift from the typecasting of 'white' Africans as interlopers in South Africa with a history of bloodthirst and racial exploitation.
Gregory G. Smith is the author of Race Race and a number of poems and childrens stories mainly within an African milieu.
In January 2000, Gregory Smith embarked on a 3 month solo trans-African walk, from Cape-to-Cairo (unassisted) to highlight issues surrounding the stereotyping of 'white Africans' in Africa.
Gregory Smith, whose paternal grandfather was an honorary Xhosa tribal headman, advocates racial diversity and equality within a modern Africa. Within this role he is a founding member of a variety of community, environmental and non profit organisations aimed at progressive and sustainable African life, including, Smithsgate, Zincedeni, Dynamic World Presence and NiMBLE (Nelson Mandela Bay Local Environmentalists).
Gregory George Garfield Geordie Smith is a resident of Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa.
