Lee Mokobe Author
Poems
On coming out english
Translations: de
Growing Pains english
Translations: de
SandBoy english
Translations: de
Sometimes In April english
Lee Mokobe Author
photo © Kaya Mtengwane
* 10.08.1995, Cape Town, South Africa
lives in: Cape Town, South Africa
In his impressive performances slam poet Lee Mokobe (b. 1995 in Cape Town, South Africa) deals with social and political subjects and with his experiences as a black, transqueer member of the LGBT* community.
He is the founder and artistic director of the Vocal Revolutionaries, an organisation dedicated to nurturing new literary talent in Africa, and has won both an Adobe Creative Catalyst Prize and a fellowship from the Awesome Foundation.
photo © Kaya Mtengwane
Mokobe’s work has already been awarded many international prizes and is taught in various universities around the world. He is a three-time TED and TEDx speaker and in 2015 was the youngest ever recipient of a TED fellowship. The video clip of his performance reflecting on his transgender identity has been clicked on more than 1.5 million times.
Mokobe is currently working on his first collection of verse and teaching photography, poetry and film to young people from all over the world.
lives in: Cape Town, South Africa
In his impressive performances slam poet Lee Mokobe (b. 1995 in Cape Town, South Africa) deals with social and political subjects and with his experiences as a black, transqueer member of the LGBT* community.
He is the founder and artistic director of the Vocal Revolutionaries, an organisation dedicated to nurturing new literary talent in Africa, and has won both an Adobe Creative Catalyst Prize and a fellowship from the Awesome Foundation.
photo © Kaya MtengwaneMokobe is currently working on his first collection of verse and teaching photography, poetry and film to young people from all over the world.