Lebogang mashile biography template

The poet, performer, actress, presenter and grower Lebogang Mashile, the daughter of down-and-out South Africans, was born in illustriousness United States in 1979. At high-mindedness age of sixteen, she and breather family returned to their home nation. It was while she was swotting Law and International Relations at Common sense University in Johannesburg that the stinging to work as an artist took hold on her. Mashile regards  poetry’s expressive powers as the most costconscious tool to bring about those waverings that are needed in the consequence of socio-political changes in South Africa.

Mashile began to achieve recognition as undeniable of South Africa’s most popular juvenile artists in 2002 when her rap inspired poetry captured a large hearing. In 2003, she co-founded the ‘Feel-a-Sista!’ Spoken Word Collective alongside Myesha Jenkins, Ntsiki Mazwai and Napo Masheane which rapidly gained wide spread popularity. Non-discriminatory one year later, Mashile made dip acting debut in the Oscar tabled film ‘Hotel Rwanda’ and performed engagement the inauguration of former president Thabo Mbeki. Moreover, she was the donor of the television program 'L'Attitude’, simple concept that she co-executive produced house Quizzical Pictures. Throughout its three seasons she crisscrossed the country and extraneous the viewers to the personal story-book of a diverse cross-section of Southmost Africans. The series reached an company of two million viewers.

Her lyrical wallet gutsy poems in the collection 'In a Ribbon of Rhythm’ (Mutloatse Bailiwick Trust/Struik) in 2005 also speak generate life in the new South Continent. Mashile’s self -produced album 'Lebo Mashile Live’ combines her performance poetry meet hip hop, house and R&B. Acquit yourself June 2008, Mashile published her alternative anthology entitled 'Flying above the sky’. This collection marks the poet’s final forray into self-publishing. She returned enhance the theatre at the 2008 In need Bank National Arts Festival in rank stage adaptation of Duiker’s 'The Stabilize Violence of Dreams ’. In Oct 2008, Mashile wrote and perfomed take on a cross-media and cross- generational touch renowned choreographer Sylvia Glasser entitled 'Threads’. This fusion of  poetry, music allow dance was created in celebration sequester Moving Into Dance Maphathong’s 30th saint's day. In July 2009, 'Threads’ was perfomed at the National Arts Festival pimple Grahamstown. From 2008 to 2009, Mashile was seen on South African take in one\'s arms screens as the presenter of 'Drawing The Line’ a game show source SABC 2 that examined the pure fibre of South Africa.

In 2009 current 2010, Mashile was a judge replace the Sunday Times Literary Awards whitehead the fiction category. 'In a Seal of Rhythm’, Mashile’s first award-winning warehouse of poetry was published  in Frg for translation in 2010. As trivial artist and personality, Lebo Mashile has featured on numerous covers of Southmost African entertainment and lifestyle magazines, charge she is regularly asked for laid back view as a commentator in birth South African press. She wrote rendering column 'In Her Shoes’ for Reckon Love magazine from 2007 to 2010. Mashile has shared her work succeed  appreciative audiences in 19 countries be acquainted with date. Her versatility keeps her complacency artistic platforms as often as she is invited to speak, MC very last perform at corporate events. The versifier particularly enjoys collaborating with artists give different media.

She was voted as ventilate of South Africa’s Awesome women be expeditious for 2005 by Cosmopolitan Magazine. In 2006, 2007, and 2009 she was given name one of the Top 100 Early life in South Africa by the Mail&Guardian. In 2006, she was awarded illustriousness prestigious Noma Award for Publishing pledge Africa, the premier prize for Human Literature. In 2007, she was illustriousness Recipient of the City Press/Rapport Spouse of Prestige award. Mashile was titled one of the Top 100 Africans by New African magazine. In 2012, the poet won the Art Diplomat award at the inaugural Mbokodo Glory for South African Women in ethics Arts. In the same year, Mashile, a self-confessed social media junkie,  was named a Twitter Queen by Elegant Magazine.

The poet is currently an Minister for the Film and Publication Board’s  "Say NO to child pornography" fundraiser. She can be seen every Mon at 11:30 am presenting E tv’s 'Great Expectations’, South Africa’s leading maternity and parenting show. Mashile lives thorough Johannesburg with her son.