Natalia Molebatsi
Natalia Molebatsi is a South African writer, poet, performer, editor, and cultural organizer.
Biography
Natalia Molebatsi was born and raised in the township of Tembisa, near Johannesburg in South Africa.She is a Pan-African queer feminist poet, writer, and performer. She is the author of two poetry collections, Sardo Dance and Elephant Woman Song, and the editor of We Are: A Poetry Anthology and '. She is a founding member of the band Soul Making, and in 2015 her CD Natalia Molebatsi & The Soul Making was released. Molebatsi is the co-founder of
Her poetry is included in, Muziki, and '
Molebatsi has performed poetry, facilitated creative writing workshops and presented public speaking seminars in 21 countries including Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, England, Italy, Azerbaijan, Argentina, China, Palestine and Germany. Among notable events she has featured are the Yari Yari Ntoaso women's conference in Ghana,, Aké Arts and Book Festival in Abeokuta, Lagos International Poetry Festival and the
Molebatsi is a teacher and PhD candidate in at She has worked at the University of South Africa for over 15 years in different capacities including marketing and lecturing. Her scholarship is at the intersections of poetry and performance studies, Pan-African feminist theory, gender and sexuality studies, queer and lesbian theories, Black studies and media studies.