Two listening sessions with South African jazz, funk, soul and more!
Happening on: Saturday 26 April, 4-6pm and Saturday 24 May, 4-6pm
All are welcome! QTBIPoC to the front! 🙂
noun
/ˈrɛkɔːd/
1. a thing constituting a piece of evidence about the past, especially an account kept in writing or some other permanent form.
storyteller mmakgosi kgabi a.k.a mma Kgosi talks us through a moment in time through a collection of records.
All are welcome! You’re also welcome to bring your own LPs/records if you’d like to share! 🙂

Mmakgosi Kgabi ((s)he / they, a.k.a. Ouma) is an actor and a founding member of Motherbox Organisation for Co-Operation in the Arts. They are also a member of the PSR Collective which curates Heizhaus performance space at Uferstudios, Berlin Germany. They completed their MA in Solo Dance and Authorship at HZT, Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) and the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch (HfS) in co-operation with TanzRaumBerlin in 2019. Their research proposal was to approach language as a choreography / dance opening up the possibility to move closer to the ‘dance’ which is ‘language.’ They have a broad portfolio as a dramaturg and voice artist. They are a DJ, performance facilitator, and physical theatre and improvisation practitioner. They trained with Causing a Scene (JHB), Performance of a Lifetime (POAL-NYC), and Clowns Without Borders South Africa (CWBSA). They studied for a BA double major of Economics, and Theatre at Rhodes University with Choreography, Dance Repertoire, and Acting as their electives. They have developed their skills in South Africa and internationally as an onscreen and stage actor. They have worked closely with HAU in Berlin and Tanz im August festival as a production associate and currently host Homegrown a radio show at www.refugeworldwide.com