Natalia Molebatsi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1252754 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Natalia Molebatsi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Natalia |
| FAMILY NAME | Molebatsi |
| SIGNATURE | MOLEBATSI N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5546-5927 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Feelin as/is Knowledge
Can You Feel a Sistah? Claiming Radio Time-Space through Radical Creative-Language-Action
In 2003, the Feela Sistah! Spoken Word Collective (Feela Sistah!) was birthed by Pan African feminist poets Myesha Jenkins, Napo Masheane, Ntsiki Mazwai, and Lebogang Mashile. One of the collective’s earlier publicity moments was a short weekly feature on Metro FM’s All Access Breakfast show in 2003. I argue that Feela Sistah! used this short feature to demonstrate feminist collective imagination through the creative strength of poetry. This arti…
And their voices were everywhere
Feminist poet, editor, and anti-Apartheid activist Myesha Jenkins brought – possibly for the first time on South African public radio – a deliberate feminist agenda that validates poetry as political action. This paper documents and analyses her amplification of poetry on public radio and the feminist collectives that came before it, with specific focus on Jenkins’ Pan-African feminist imagination and movement building. I suggest that Jenkins’ bo…
Our World through Our Words
The article aims to give local texture to people’s, specifically Chinese, mobilities in a South African context. Through a retelling of a grandmother’s stories to her granddaughter, we argue that they offer a vision of the world that Black and Chinese South Africans inhabited during apartheid – they disrupted the world built by the all-white government. During the apartheid period, people were forced to see the world in black and white terms, not…
A poetic interlude
Affirming our memories
“For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into idea, then into more tangible action.”Audre Lorde (1984:37)Using Audre Lorde’s (1984) arguments about poetry as a “vital necessity of our existence” that moves us to “tangible action” and Toni Morrison's (1995) concept of…
Behind the scenes”
(2011). “Behind the scenes”: An exploration of the process of creation, self-production and performance in the all-female spoken word poetry show Body of words. Scrutiny2: Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 56-61
Locating African natural “hair-y-tage” in shampoo TV advertisements
Beauty (especially among women) is a significant part in any world culture or society. women spend hours and money “beautifying” themselves. How women express physical beauty plays a role in determining the levels of individual self-esteem, freedom of expression and social change. This article emerges from the assumption that the standards of beauty as reflected through television advertisements in South Africa are still tied to dominant Western …
From Poetry to Floetry
The current pattern around music created by young spoken word artists in South Africa makes one think of musicality as a strong influence and force in today's poetry; from accompanying bands of instruments at live performances, to CD recordings with background music and experimental projects. Musicality within the observed poetry goes beyond the traditional praise poet's voice and love for percussions, but validates these poets as musicians in th…
Affirming our memories
“For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into idea, then into more tangible action.”Audre Lorde (1984:37)Using Audre Lorde’s (1984) arguments about poetry as a “vital necessity of our existence” that moves us to “tangible action” and Toni Morrison's (1995) concept of…
Behind the scenes”
(2011). “Behind the scenes”: An exploration of the process of creation, self-production and performance in the all-female spoken word poetry show Body of words. Scrutiny2: Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 56-61
And their voices were everywhere
Feminist poet, editor, and anti-Apartheid activist Myesha Jenkins brought – possibly for the first time on South African public radio – a deliberate feminist agenda that validates poetry as political action. This paper documents and analyses her amplification of poetry on public radio and the feminist collectives that came before it, with specific focus on Jenkins’ Pan-African feminist imagination and movement building. I suggest that Jenkins’ bo…
Our World through Our Words
The article aims to give local texture to people’s, specifically Chinese, mobilities in a South African context. Through a retelling of a grandmother’s stories to her granddaughter, we argue that they offer a vision of the world that Black and Chinese South Africans inhabited during apartheid – they disrupted the world built by the all-white government. During the apartheid period, people were forced to see the world in black and white terms, not…
Locating African natural “hair-y-tage” in shampoo TV advertisements
Beauty (especially among women) is a significant part in any world culture or society. women spend hours and money “beautifying” themselves. How women express physical beauty plays a role in determining the levels of individual self-esteem, freedom of expression and social change. This article emerges from the assumption that the standards of beauty as reflected through television advertisements in South Africa are still tied to dominant Western …
From Poetry to Floetry
The current pattern around music created by young spoken word artists in South Africa makes one think of musicality as a strong influence and force in today's poetry; from accompanying bands of instruments at live performances, to CD recordings with background music and experimental projects. Musicality within the observed poetry goes beyond the traditional praise poet's voice and love for percussions, but validates these poets as musicians in th…
Locating African natural “hair-y-tage” in shampoo TV advertisements
Beauty (especially among women) is a significant part in any world culture or society. women spend hours and money “beautifying” themselves. How women express physical beauty plays a role in determining the levels of individual self-esteem, freedom of expression and social change. This article emerges from the assumption that the standards of beauty as reflected through television advertisements in South Africa are still tied to dominant Western …
Behind the scenes”
(2011). “Behind the scenes”: An exploration of the process of creation, self-production and performance in the all-female spoken word poetry show Body of words. Scrutiny2: Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 56-61
A poetic interlude
Affirming our memories
“For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into idea, then into more tangible action.”Audre Lorde (1984:37)Using Audre Lorde’s (1984) arguments about poetry as a “vital necessity of our existence” that moves us to “tangible action” and Toni Morrison's (1995) concept of…
Our World through Our Words
The article aims to give local texture to people’s, specifically Chinese, mobilities in a South African context. Through a retelling of a grandmother’s stories to her granddaughter, we argue that they offer a vision of the world that Black and Chinese South Africans inhabited during apartheid – they disrupted the world built by the all-white government. During the apartheid period, people were forced to see the world in black and white terms, not…
And their voices were everywhere
Feminist poet, editor, and anti-Apartheid activist Myesha Jenkins brought – possibly for the first time on South African public radio – a deliberate feminist agenda that validates poetry as political action. This paper documents and analyses her amplification of poetry on public radio and the feminist collectives that came before it, with specific focus on Jenkins’ Pan-African feminist imagination and movement building. I suggest that Jenkins’ bo…
Can You Feel a Sistah? Claiming Radio Time-Space through Radical Creative-Language-Action
In 2003, the Feela Sistah! Spoken Word Collective (Feela Sistah!) was birthed by Pan African feminist poets Myesha Jenkins, Napo Masheane, Ntsiki Mazwai, and Lebogang Mashile. One of the collective’s earlier publicity moments was a short weekly feature on Metro FM’s All Access Breakfast show in 2003. I argue that Feela Sistah! used this short feature to demonstrate feminist collective imagination through the creative strength of poetry. This arti…
Feelin as/is Knowledge
Art (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Literature (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Poetry (5 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Media, Gender, and Advertising (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)