What better way to kick start the Stretch Podcast women's month edition than with the legendary, multi award winning play writer and Poet Napo Masheane!
In this episode we truly get to know her, her childhood, how her career in poetry, playwright, theatre began. We talk about some of her major milestones of her work which includes the play Kwezi - Say her name and A New Song a play about the 1956 women uprising. We hear her thoughts on black women and black men today and many more ----more----
Bio
Napo Masheane: Artistic Director (AD)
Is a multi-award winning playwright, director, poet and acclaimed performer on both national and international stages. Napo is one of the leading South African black female theatre-makers, constantly crossing geographical, academic and artistic borders, through cultural exchanges, guest-lecturing, and with her provocative plays, ‘My Bum Is Genetic Deal With It’, ‘A New Song ‘, ‘KHWEZI… Say My Name’ and ‘My Vagina Was Not Buried With Him’, to name a few. A founding member of Feela Sistah! Spoken Word Collective and Village Gossip Productions and previously the Deputy Artistic Director at the South African State Theatre, with qualifications in Marketing Management, Speech & Drama and a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing, Napo has just been announced as the Artistic Director of Sibikwa Arts Centre.
Contacts:
Facebook: Napo Masheane
Instagram: @popomasheane
Twitter: @popomasheane
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