AWARD-WINNING POET, ACTOR, WRITER AND PRODUCER
LEBOGANG MASHILE
the stage adaptation of K. Sello Duiker’s The Quiet Violence of Dreams, as well as Ngyidansa, the stage adaptation of Pamela Nomvete’s autobiography by the same name. She also collaborated with renowned choreographer and founder of Moving into Dance Mophathong, Sylvia Glasser, on Threads, a fusion of contemporary dance and poetry. Mashile won the NOMA Award for Publishing in Africa in for her premier collection In A Ribbon of Rhythm (Oshun) which was also published in German by Wunderhorn. In she released Flying Above the Sky, her second book of poetry. Her writing has been referenced in academic journals, has appeared in literary journals as well as mainstream publications, and is taught in high schools and tertiary institutions across South Africa. As a recording artist, Mashile has two studio albums under her belt, Lebo Mashile Live! () and Moya ().
The poet shot to national fame as the presenter and producer of travel documentary series L’atitude (SABC1). She also presented Drawing The Line (SABC2) and Great Expectations (Etv). For the past three years,
The poet, performer, actress, presenter and producer Lebogang Mashile, the daughter of exiled South Africans, was born in the United States in At the age of sixteen, she and her family returned to their home country. It was while she was studying Law and International Relations at Wits University in Johannesburg that the desire to work as an artist took hold on her. Mashile regards poetry’s expressive powers as the most effective tool to bring about those changes that are needed in the aftermath of socio-political changes in South Africa.
Mashile began to achieve recognition as one of South Africa’s most popular young artists in when her hip-hop inspired poetry captured a large audience. In , she co-founded the ‘Feel-a-Sista!’ Spoken Word Collective alongside Myesha Jenkins, Ntsiki Mazwai and Napo Masheane which rapidly gained wide spread popularity. Just one year later, Mashile made her acting debut in the Oscar nominated film ‘Hotel Rwanda’ and performed at the inauguration of former president Thabo Mbeki. Moreover, she was the presenter of the television program 'L'Attitude’, a concept that she co-executive produced with Quizzi
Lebo Mashile
Mashile attended Wits University in Johannesburg, where she studied law and international relations. While living there, she discovered Johannesburg’s underground poetry scene and began to perform. To Mashile, art held deep potential for regenerative change in the wake of her country’s years of social struggles, so she changed course and determined to be a poet. She and fellow South African women poets Myesha Jenkins, Ntsiki Mazwai, and Napo Masheane founded Feela Sistah! Spoken Word Collective in Formed in response to the women’s shared frustration at their exclusion from male-run creative spaces, the group proved to be a space for creative growth for its members, and soon rose to national prominence. In , Mashile was nominated for the Daimler-Chrysler South Africa Poetry Award; that year also saw her debut as a film actress, in Terry George’s Hotel Rwanda, and her performance at the presidential inauguration of Thabo Mbeki.
In , Mashile published her first poetry collection, In a Ribbon of Rhythm (Oshun Books), for which she received the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa. Her second collection, Flying Above the Sky, was self-published in She also record
As one of only two speakers who have also MC’d the Design Indaba Conference in its 23 year history, Lebo Mashile was right at home on the Artscape Theatre stage. Her talk was a beautiful build-up of the vibrancy she exuded between talks, sharing an energy with the theatre that was almost palpable.
It’s clear from the moment she steps on stage, that this is where she is most comfortable.
Mashile started her talk by painting a picture for the audience of the kind of life that informed much of her passions and career today.
The child of exiled parents, she was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in the United States, moved back to South Africa at 18 months, then back to the States as a toddler. One of her first and most vivid memories, she says, was returning to the States, to the strange whiteness of winter’s snow and the strange whiteness of its people. She finally returned to South Africa at age 16 and has been traversing the world since.
“Criss-crossing, jumping identities has been the story of my life,” she adds, but she could always find a reliable refuge in literature. To this day she cites her journals as her lifeline.
While she majored in law and international relations at un
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