Katlego Kai Kolanyane-Kesupile
Illustration — Kat Kai Kol-Kes Katlego Kai Kolanyane-Kesupile (born January 1988, also known as Kat Kai Kol-Kes) 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.
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- Born
- 1988. · Francistown.
- Nationality
- Botswana.
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter, performance artist, musician and activist.
- Education
- University of the Witwatersrand, Goldsmiths and University of London.
- Honours
- OkayAfrica 100 Women and Chevening Scholarship.
- Languages
- English and Tswana.
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Illustration — Kat Kai Kol-Kes Katlego Kai Kolanyane-Kesupile (born January 1988, also known as Kat Kai Kol-Kes) 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.
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Kolanyane-Kesupile was born in January 1988 in Francistown. She is the first transgender person to come out openly in Botswana, which she did in 2013. Kolanyane-Kesupile attended Clifton Primary School. She went to a boarding school in Durban when she was eighteen. Kolanyane-Kesupile received a bachelor's degree in theater from the University of the Witwatersrand and earned a master's degree in Human Rights, Culture and Social Justice from Goldsmiths, University of London. She became a Chevening Scholar in 2016. Kolanyane-Kesupile is the founder of the Queer Shorts Showcase Festival, which is the first and only LGBT themed theater festival in Botswana. She has written for Peolwane Magazine, The Kalahari Review, The Washington Blade and AfroPUNK.com. 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 a 2013/2014 Best of Botswana honoree in the Performing Arts category. She was named a Highly Commended Runner Up for the 2015 Queen's Young Leaders Awards. She was named a TED Global Fellow in 2017 and was the first Motswana to earn this distinction. In 2018, she was featured in the OkayAfrica 100 Women list.
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• How I'm Bringing Queer Pride to My Rural Village (2017 video) • Developing the Nerve to Possess Yourself (2017 video) • Official site
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- 1.Katlego Kolanyane-Kesupile. Okay Africa's 100 Women.
- 2.Kol-Kes, Kat Kai. What it feels like to become 'Botswana's first openly Trans* identifying public figure'. TRUE Africa. 2017-02-10.
- 3.McAllister, John. Kat's Nine Lives: Performing Trans Identity/ies in Botswana. Kalahari Review. 2017-06-30.
- 4.Mnthali, Luso. Being Kat Kai Kol-Kes: A Motswana Trans* Woman's Art and Activism. AfriPop!. 29 July 2016.
- 5.Kol-Kes, Kat Kai. Being trans* is becoming a black woman of complications. TRUE Africa. 2017-02-17.
- 6.How one Chevening Alumna is bring queer pride to her village. Chevening. 7 July 2018.
- 7.Katlego Kolanyane-Kesupile - Agenda Contributor. World Economic Forum.
- 8.Busari, Stephanie. The women risking their lives to fight homophobia in Africa. CNN. 20 October 2017.
- 9.Lavers, Michael K. Former Botswana president speaks in support of LGBT rights. Washington Blade. 2016-01-21.
- 10.Queer Literature and Culture: A dialogue with Katlego Kai Kolanyane-Kesupile. Africa in Dialogue. 2016-11-13.
- 11.NEW MUSIC: Kat Kai Kol-Kes, the transgender artist from Botswana, brings rain to the dancefloor with 'My Body. AFROPUNK. 2014-09-17.
- 12.Mahlinza, Luyanda. Ever heard of Post-pop Folk?. Cue Online. 2015-07-08.
- 13.Motswana ARTivist Recognised In 2015 Queen's Young Leaders Awards - Mining & Travel. Mining & Travel. 2015-12-22.
- 14.Botswana's first publicly open transgender among 10 African trailblazers on the TEDGlobal 2017 list. YourBotswana.
- 15.Kolanyane-Kesupile Honoured on Global Influencer List. Pristine Mag. 7 March 2018.
- 16.Cited in the source article.
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