Lebogang Mashile
Lebogang Mashile is a writer, performer and actor who began writing in 1995 after she and her family moved back to South Africa after spending many years in the United States.
She has shared stages with artists such as Don Mattera, Keorapetse Kgositsile, Saul Williams, Pops Mohammed, the late Jackie Semela, Mutabaruka, Dennis Brutus and Jessica Care Moore. In 2003, Mashile co-founded the Feela Sistah Spoken Word Collective alongside Napo Masheane, Ntsiki Mazwai and Myesha Jenkins.
L'Atitudes is a 13-part television series on SABC in which Mashile travels across the country exploring relationships between South Africans and the spaces that they inhabit. She is currently working on her first cd/anthology with Oshun Publishers and Mutloase Arts Trust.