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Siphumeze Khundayi

Siphumeze Khundayi


Siphumeze is a multi‐disciplinary freelance performer who uses performance as activism, focusing particularly on LGBTI and women’s rights. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in Gender Studies and Drama in 2010 and an Honours degree in Gender and Transformation in 2011 at UCT. She did an internship with The Mothertongue Project in 2011, and continues to work with them on various projects. She is also on their board. Her experience in the arts ranged from performance art pieces, storytelling, theatre productions, and workshop facilitation. She worked with Zakheni, a Drama Therapy organization, as a drama practitioner in their school's project in Khayelitsha. She also worked with Project Playground an organization that focuses on learning through the arts in Langa. She is currently the artistic director of a web based platform for African women to express themselves called HOLAA! (Hub Of Loving Action Africa).