Biography
Katlego Kai Kolanyane-Kesupile, born in January 1988 in Francistown, Botswana, is a performance artist, writer, musician, and LGBT activist. She is recognized as one of the first openly transgender people in Botswana and the first person from the country to be named a TED Fellow. Kolanyane-Kesupile earned a bachelor's degree in drama from the University of the Witwatersrand and a master's degree in human rights, culture, and social justice from Goldsmiths, University of London, where she was a Chevening Scholar in 2016. She founded the Queer Shorts Showcase Festival, the first and only LGBT-themed theater festival in Botswana. Her writings have appeared in Peolwane Magazine, The Kalahari Review, The Washington Blade, and AfroPUNK.com, reflecting her commitment to amplifying queer voices and advancing social justice in the arts.
