Katlego Kai Kolanyane-Kesupile

Botswana performance artist, writer and LGBTQ activist · Musicians · Born 1988 · age 38

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Katlego Kai Kolanyane-Kesupile is a performance artist, musician, writer and LGBT activist from Botswana. She is known for being the first public figure from the country to openly identify as a transgender person. She is also the first person from Botswana to be named a TED Fellow.

A life in dates

2020“If there is any place I don't belong, it's in a mind where the story of me starts with the branch of me being queer and not with my rural roots.”In their wordsKatlego K Kolanyane-Kesupile (2020) Retrieved 26/07/2022Read the whole statement

2018OkayAfrica 100 WomenAward2017“One thing you will learn from a lifetime of biting your tongue; memories lose their flavors.”In their wordsAugust 2017Developing the nerve to possess yourself | Katlego K Kolanyane-Kesupile | TEDxGoodenoughCollege (August 2017) by TEDx Talks, RetrievedRead the whole statement

“Freedom will come when all Batswana can assume and inhabit whatever gender and other identities they are comfortable with.”In their wordsJune 2017Kat’s Nine Lives: Performing Trans Identity/ies in Botswana (June 2017) Retrieved 26/07/2022Read the whole statement

2016“The world we live in is created and it’s been being created and it is still being created.”In their wordsNovember 2016Queer Literature and Culture: A Dialogue with Katlego Kai Kolanyane-Kesupile (November 2016) by Africa in dialogue, Retrieved 26/07/2022Read the whole statement

Chevening ScholarshipAward1988Born

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If there is any place I don't belong, it's in a mind where the story of me starts with the branch of me being queer and not with my rural roots.
2020, Katlego K Kolanyane-Kesupile (2020) Retrieved 26/07/2022, Own words
One thing you will learn from a lifetime of biting your tongue; memories lose their flavors.
Aug 2017, Developing the nerve to possess yourself | Katlego K Kolanyane-Kesupile | TEDxGoodenoughCollege (August 2017) by TEDx Talks, Retrieved, Own words
Freedom will come when all Batswana can assume and inhabit whatever gender and other identities they are comfortable with.
Jun 2017, Kat’s Nine Lives: Performing Trans Identity/ies in Botswana (June 2017) Retrieved 26/07/2022, Own words

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Awards

OkayAfrica 100 Women2018

Chevening Scholarship2016

In common with Katlego

Nomzamo MbathaBoth received OkayAfrica 100 Women

Obiageli Katryn EzekwesiliBoth received OkayAfrica 100 Women

Giga BokeriaBoth received Chevening Scholarship

Carlos Alvarado QuesadaBoth received Chevening Scholarship

SimiBoth received OkayAfrica 100 Women

Musicians born in the 1980s 1

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