Masterclass with Milisuthando Bongela

Milisuthando Bongela is visiting Dartmouth and will conduct a masterclass on April 9, 5:00-8:00 PM.

Milisuthando Bongela (b.1985, South Africa) is an award-winning writer, editor, cultural worker and artist. Her career began in the fashion industry but the last 15 years has seen her traverse the worlds of music, art, media and film - continually turning towards indigenous knowledge. For 3 years she was Arts Editor for the Mail & Guardian's Friday section and was host and co-producer of the podcast Umoya: On African Spirituality with Athambile Masola. After 8 years, she has recently completed her first film, a personal essay documentary titled MILISUTHANDO which will have its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Documentary Competition. She is an inaugural fellow of the 2020 Adobe Women at Sundance Fellowship.

This event is sponsored by the Leslie Center for the Humanities, Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life, African and African American Studies, English, Film and Media Studies.

Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdd5zQbNbLczrZB3lqS7tb01V4dIx-SadP1tskgR8xsk9Jsdg/viewform

This event is sponsored by the Leslie Center for the Humanities, the Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life, African and African American Studies, the Department of English and Creative Writing and Film and Media Studies.