Poet Makofane Tharollo is the owner of Mosion Arts and Culture. She was nominated as best poet for 2021 in the Mzansi Media Awards, and also won second place at the Bafsa le Meetse competition. As a multi-talented young woman, she also writes books and screenplays. Following her selection as a Debut participant, she succeeded…
Mogale Sedibe is a Northern Cape author and poet. He released his spoken-word album Maru in 2020 and two of his children’s literature picture storybooks have been published with Cadbury and the Puku Foundation. He is the founder of Street Philosophy Poetry and works as a theatre practitioner and art activist. He was nominated for…
Africa Zwelibanzi Ngubane is 26 years’ old and was born and raised in the urban neighbourhood of Kwaguqa, eMalahleni. He is the founder and executive director at Notepad Poetry. He has worked as a theatre script writer, an events coordinator, freelance copywriter and facilitator. He has decade of experience in the creative writing and performance…
Andisa Mpisi is a Xhosa woman, born and bred in KwaZulu-Natal. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dramatic Arts from the University of the Witwatersrand. With an NQF 4 in Film and Television Production, and an interest in South African sign language, she works as a writer, director, actor, drama and theatre-in-education facilitator,…
Maleshoane Mphutlane is a poet with a strong focus on writing in indigenous languages. She is a self-taught writer and Sesotho praise poet. Her journey started in 2002, as a Sesotho traditional dancer. She discovered her talent for writing and performing poetry in 2006. She is also an aspiring theatre actress, and has one poetry…
Londiwe Meyiwa, who prefers to go by the name Phezabantu, is a literature and writing enthusiast who believes in the power of words. She plans to run a literature club, called Ekukhanyeni Literary Club. She is from Tafelkop, a rural area in KwaZulu-Natal. Her literary group will provide writing skills, literature services, book clubbing and…
Lucy Mbali, aka Lucy Impondokazi, is an ambitious woman from the Ntlanezwe village in the Eastern Cape. Lucy is a prominent and award-winning isiXhosa poet, and the author of Umzila KaTambo, an isiXhosa poetry anthology. She is the owner of X-Mobile Studios, the recording studio she established with the help of BASA. The recording studio…
Thabang Mathapo is a self-published author, born and raised in Pretoria, and is the founder of Native Mind, a publishing company that has just produced its first debut book series, called Moya: Letters of African Urban Legends. Thabang’s books are different in that they touch on the pulse of everyday South Africans and their spiritual…
Lerato Johannah Kubyane (stage name Miss Lee) is a reader, poet, vocalist, photographer and co-founder of Imbuyezi. She was born and raised in Tsakane and lives in Duduza, the far east of Ekurhuleni. She has been a student at the Mzansi Poetry Academy and has published poems online and in a multi-lingual anthology, MbaMbongi (2021).
Lerato is the author of children’s books and an emerging publisher from Bloemfontein. She is targeting all book lovers around the world, with a special interest in incorporating a variety of languages, including Braille and sign language. Lerato wants to make books as loveable as wine. She intends for all her books to be translated…