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Poet, Artist, Activist
About Mmakgosi Anita Tau
Mmakgosi Anita Tau is a poet, award winning filmmaker and part-time educator from Botswana. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Motion Picture Medium from AFDA Botswana and she is pursuing her Master of Fine Arts in Film at Syracuse University, New York USA. Mmakgosi is a 2021 Mandela Washington Fellow for Young African Leaders, a recipient of the British Council/Prince Claus Mobility Fund, as well as a 2020 Yaddo Artist in Residence and a 2020 Headlands Center for the Arts AIR Fellow. She is a mental health activist and the creator of Mmakgosi Live, a global campaign that uses poetry, art, film, dance and theatre to destigmatize mental illness and to inspire connection among artists. She is interested in art as a heuristic and pedagogic tool, making films that explore the reconstruction of the Motswana woman in Global Cinema and poetry that is an ongoing protest against human rights violations and social injustices. Mmakgosi is also the co-founder of Sekei Girls, a mentorship program that promotes literacy development and nurtures creative talents in young scholars.
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βArt is the truth that enables me to live through words and create works that change lives.β
About Mmakgosi Anita Tau
Mmakgosi Anita Tau is a poet, award winning filmmaker and part-time educator from Botswana. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Motion Picture Medium from AFDA Botswana and she is pursuing her Master of Fine Arts in Film at Syracuse University, New York USA. Mmakgosi is a 2021 Mandela Washington Fellow for Young African Leaders, a recipient of the British Council/Prince Claus Mobility Fund, as well as a 2020 Yaddo Artist in Residence and a 2020 Headlands Center for the Arts AIR Fellow. She is a mental health activist and the creator of Mmakgosi Live, a global campaign that uses poetry, art, film, dance and theatre to destigmatize mental illness and to inspire connection among artists. She is interested in art as a heuristic and pedagogic tool, making films that explore the reconstruction of the Motswana woman in Global Cinema and poetry that is an ongoing protest against human rights violations and social injustices. Mmakgosi is also the co-founder of Sekei Girls, a mentorship program that promotes literacy development and nurtures creative talents in young scholars.