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South Africa

Siphokazi Jonas is a South African poet, playwright, performer, and producer known for her exploration of cultural identity, gender-based violence, and linguistic diversity through various art forms. She has gained both national and international recognition for her contributions to literature and the performing arts.

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It solidified what I believed, that my voice was important as well, and it has a place.

I come from a very musical family.

It was an idea that came to me in 2019, after the death of Uyinene (Mrwetyana) and a number of women who then trended under different hashtags.

My mother’s identity — I mean it’s also not just my mother, but my mother as figure, it’s language as my mother and that plays a very important role. It’s also creativity as my mother.

I am writing to teach about the importance of our languages, cultures and how we plan to pass those days, like what our mothers have done. I am trying to show how our future should be.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Siphokazi Jonas (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.