This initiative is a project of the Bantu
Development
Agency funded by the Goethe Insitut through their GPS programme. It is a
platform for rural women's voices to be amplified and for them to share
their various stories, to be heard, and to be given the power to
control their own narratives and use their own voices to inspire action
that drives change for their communities. With aBantu Development
Agency, Keiskamma Trust, Lelethu PoeticSoul Mahambehlala and 8 Hamburg
village women collaborated on this project. Lelethu is a well-known and
respected award-winning Port Elizabeth
poet, writer, and advocate for women's and girls' rights.
The cooperation took the shape of poetry,storytelling, and creative writing workshops, as well as a series of recorded
podcasts and a live performance in front of an audience. Lelethu is also the aBantu Development Agency's programming manager.
In this episode we are joined by Babalwa and Gcogco