Speaking Through My World with Rosie Motene
Speaking Through My World with Rosie Motene.
Speaking truth through an African feminist lens. using the microphone as a tool for justice. Amplifying our voices through artivism rooted in ancestral wisdom, healing, and collective liberation.
Speaking Through My World with Rosie Motene is part of the Feminist Frontlines initiative.
Driven by her three greatest passions Womxn, Africa, and the arts.
Rosie Motene is a Pan-African queer feminist, writer, broadcaster, producer, speaker, activist, counsellor, life coach, and founder of Letsatsi Healing Space. With more than 30 years in media and over two decades of feminist and LGBTQI+ advocacy, she creates courageous conversations that challenge injustice, preserve HERstory, and inspire change.
Each episode explores the issues shaping our continent and our communities through an intersectional African feminist lens. From gender justice and queer rights to creativity, culture, leadership, mental health, and collective liberation, the podcast centres voices that deserve to be heard and stories that deserve to be remembered.
Justice is not only about confronting harm, it is also about healing from it. Drawing on her work as a counsellor, life coach, and reflective and breathwork practitioner, Rosie believes that healing is part of the journey towards personal and collective liberation. Through honest dialogue, storytelling, and reflection, this podcast creates space not only for truth-telling, but also for restoration, connection, and hope.
Join Rosie as she uses the microphone as a tool for justice one conversation at a time.
Available on Buzzsprout, Spotify and Apple Podcasts..
For sponsorships, partnerships, or collaborations: rosie@rosiemotene.biz
Speaking Through My World with Rosie Motene
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