Princess Alice Sibanda (PhD Drama and Performance Studies University of KwaZulu-Natal) is an activist, artist and academic who has an outstanding track record of advocating for the rights of marginalized women and LGBT communities. In her interview, she discusses how she uses participatory theatre to liberate sex workers and outlines how her involvement in various NGOs compliments her ambitions to become a theatre practitioner and academic.

Princess Alice Sibanda

Sharlene Khan (PhD Goldsmiths, University of London 2011-2014) is a Canon Collins Alumna who is currently lecturing in Fine Art and Visual Culture at Rhodes University, South Africa. She has an extensive portfolio of research and artistic works which highlight the complexities of identity in Southern Africa and question gender and racial stereotyping. In her podcast she discusses these works in addition to highlighting the philosophical and practical benefits of an artistic education.

Sharlene Khan

Khutso Matlou (MA in Film and Television, University of the Witwatersrand), is inspired by the power of film and literature to advance the rights of queer South Africans. 
He discusses the portrayal of queer men in mainstream South African television and film, including the perpetuations of unhelpful stereotypes, and alludes to the importance of an intersectional approach in improving the region’s education system.

Khutso Matlou

Cletus Moyo (PhD Drama and Performance Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal), is a theatre practitioner and academic with a history of teaching drama at institutions across Zimbabwe. He discusses his PhD research which focuses on participatory theatre for second generations survivors of the Gukurahundi massacre, and comments on the importance of his role as an academic in bridging the gap between drama as a subject and drama as a form of employment.

Cletus Moyo

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