Lebogang Mashile 
Author

Poems

Original

Übersetzung

TOMORROW’S DAUGHTERS english

Translations: de

to poem

INSIDE OUTSIDER english

Translations: de

to poem

LOVE IS ELASTIC english

Translations: de

to poem

SISTERS english

Translations: de

to poem

I KNEW A GIRL ONCE english

Translations: de

to poem

EVERY CHILD, MY CHILD english

Translations: de

to poem

TELL YOUR STORY english

Translations: de

to poem

YOU AND I english

Translations: de

to poem

Lebogang Mashile 
Author

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* 07.02.1979, United States
lives in: , South Africa
Lebogang Mashile (1979) is a young performer, writer and facilitator who was born to exiled South African parents in the United States. She has been living, studying, learning and growing up in South Africa since her family came back home in 1994. Mashile studied law and international relations at Wits University.

Lebogang Mashile is one of the most important poetry performers in South Africa. Her publications and performances have had a decisive impact on the world of young female poetry.

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Mashile uses a very powerful poetic language characterized by extraordinary musicality. The performance of her poems accompanied by a band recorded on the CD Lebo Mashile Live! shows to what extent her poems are closely linked to the performing act.

In 2003, together with other South-African poetesses she founded the Feela Sistah! Spoken Word Collective. In 2004, she was nominated for DaimlerChrysler South Africa Poetry Award and in 2006 she was awarded with the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa.

In the film Hotel Ruanda by Terry George she made her debut as an actor. Moreover, she is the producer and presenter of a documentary serial, which presents the everyday life of South African women.