Katlego Kai Kolanyane-Kesupile

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Katlego Kai Kolanyane-Kesupile (also known as Kat Kai Kol-Kes ; born January 1988 ) is a Botswana - British performance artist , musician, writer and LGBT activist. She is known for being the first public figure in the country to openly declare himself a transgender person. She is also the first person from Botswana to be named a TED Fellow.

Life

Kolanyane-Kesupile was born in Francistown in January 1988 . She is the first transgender person to come out openly in Botswana, which she did in 2013. Kolanyane-Kesupile attended Clifton Primary School. When she was eighteen she went to boarding school in Durban . Kolanyane-Kesupile received a bachelor's degree in drama from the University of the Witwatersrand and a master's degree in human rights, culture and social justice from Goldsmiths, University of London . In 2016 she became a Chevening Fellow.

Kolanyane-Kesupile is the founder of the Queer Shorts Showcase Festival, the first and only LGBT-themed theater festival in Botswana. She has written for Peolwane Magazine , The Kalahari Review , The Washington Blade, and AfroPUNK . Kolanyane-Kesupile also plays with a band, Chasing Jakyb . She writes songs for the group in both English and Setswana . The group released an album, Bongo Country , in 2015 .

Kolanyane-Kesupile was named Best of Botswana in the Performing Arts category in 2013/2014 . She was nominated as the highly recommended runner-up for the Queen's Young Leaders Awards 2015 . In 2017 she was named a TED Global Fellow and was the first Motswana to receive the award. In 2018 she was added to OkayAfrica 's 100 Women list .

Kolanyane-Kesupile is also a British citizen.

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Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b What it feels like to become 'Botswana's first openly Trans * identifying public figure'. In: trueafrica.co. TRUE Africa, 2017, accessed January 19, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b The Kalahari Review: Kat's Nine Lives: Performing Trans Identity / ies in Botswana. In: kalaharireview.com. Medium, 2017, accessed January 19, 2020 .
  4. ↑ AfriPop! - What's New and Whats Next in Global African Culture. In: afripopmag.com. 2016, Retrieved January 19, 2020 (American English).
  5. ↑ a b Being trans * is becoming a black woman of complications. In: trueafrica.co. TRUE Africa, 2017, accessed January 19, 2020 .
  6. ↑ How one Chevening Alumna is bring queer pride to her village - Chevening. In: chevening.org. web.archive.org, 2018, archived from the original on November 6, 2018 ; accessed on January 19, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Stephanie Busari, CNN Video by Ed Kiernan CNN: The women risking their lives to fight homophobia in Africa. In: cnn.com. CNN, accessed January 19, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Former Botswana president speaks in support of LGBT rights. In: washingtonblade.com. 2016, Retrieved January 19, 2020 (American English).
  9. ↑ a b africaindialogue: Queer Literature and Culture: A dialogue with Katlego Kai Kolanyane-Kesupile. In: africaindialogue.com. 2016, Retrieved January 19, 2020 (American English).
  10. ↑ a b NEW MUSIC: Kat Kai Kol-Kes, the transgender artist from Botswana, brings rain to the dance floor with 'My Body ”- AFROPUNK. In: afropunk.com. web.archive.org, 2018, archived from the original on July 16, 2018 ; accessed on January 19, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Ever heard of post-pop folk? - Cue online. In: ac.za. web.archive.org, 2018, archived from the original on July 10, 2018 ; accessed on January 19, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Mining & Travel Review: Motswana ARTivist Recognized In 2015 Queen's Young Leaders Awards. In: co.bw. 2015, accessed January 19, 2020 (American English).
  13. ↑ Botswana's first publicly open transgender among 10 African trailblazers on the TEDGlobal 2017 list - YourBotswana. In: yourbotswana.com. web.archive.org, 2017, archived from the original on September 7, 2017 ; accessed on January 19, 2020 .
  14. ↑ a b Kolanyane-Kesupile Honored on Global Influencer List - Pristine Mag. In: pristinemag.com. web.archive.org, 2018, archived from the original on July 16, 2018 ; accessed on January 19, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Kolanyane-Kesupile, Katlego Kai
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kat Kai Kol-Kes (stage name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Botswana-British performance artist, musician, writer and LGBT activist
DATE OF BIRTH January 1988