Speaking Through My World with Rosie Motene
"Speaking truth through an African feminist lens—amplifying our voices through impactful artivism rooted in ancestral wisdom and healing."
Speaking Through My World with Rosie Motene
Rosie Motene is driven by three core passions: womxn, Africa, and the arts. As a Pan-African queer feminist, writer, activist, speaker, and media proprietor, she draws on over 30 years of experience in media and more than two decades in feminist and LGBTQI+ activism. Rosie is also a certified counsellor and life coach, currently completing postgraduate studies in Drama Therapy and Psychology.
Her podcast, #SpeakingThroughMyWorld, explores urgent and underrepresented issues across gender-based violence, queer rights, the arts, and the African experience. It offers bold, intersectional conversations rooted in advocacy, healing, and creative resistance.
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Speaking Through My World with Rosie Motene
Uhuru Mbele from Tosunga Baninga
Uhuru (Norma) Mbele is the founder of Tosunga Baninga.
'Tosunga Baninga' is a phrase in the Lingala language of Central Africa, meaning 'helping you to help others.
Uhuru shares why she founded the grassroots organisation in Evaton, South Africa.
What do they do?
- Support victims/survivors/striver of GBV
- Tosunga Baninga has an overnight shelter that is inclusive of lesbian and bisexual womxn
- Give support to families of the deceased.
- Provide mediation between NPA and the families.
- This court support, their impact statements and advocacy.
- The intentional narratives and meaning behind their fashion designs, jewellery, and activations.
The discussion exposes many realities-
- The truth behind the pandemic in our country is SGBVF- (sexual gender-based violence femicide).
- We do not have any safe spaces.
- Uhuru gives lived experiences of how big organisations have exploited their work and utilised their IP for their gain.
- The disappointment of the recent GBV summit and why she will no longer participate in THE GBV Summit moving forward.
- The fear of trying to survive as an activist.
How can add value to the grassroots communities?
081 321 8400
tosungabaninga@gmail.com
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