Motsei biography books
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Hearing Visions Seeing Voices
Motsei yearns for that uncomplicated period as she relates of her journey of self discovery in attempt to get back there.
She let's us in on her geohistory. Born in a by , a Motswana "called Bakgatla ba Mosetla a Magano le Kgomo. The home of the Bakgatla consist of a number of villages in the Moretele district ruled by Kgosi Makapan, with Mosetla or Makapanstad as the head village"
She relates of her Western influenced education up to tertiary that she felt "disempowered" her. She wrote "our ancestors were unlettered in the Western sense, but their spiritual connection to the earth and all that lives on it serves as
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Afrika Ikalafe Shrine
Mmatshilo Motsei
Executive Director
Mmatshilo Motsei, is Founder of Afrika Ikalafe, an organisation that specialises in personal and societal transformation that is founded on African spiritual principles. Her overall aim is to uncover the old truth that Africa is great and powerful and that, because of the poisoning of our mind, our soul is afflicted. Consequently, Africa’s traumatic past has led to a condition which calls for multigenerational healing, hence the name Afrika Ikalafe, which means Afrika Heal Thyself.
An African mystic, author, healer, and midwife, Mmatshilo started her career as a nurse, midwife, nursing lecturer, social science researcher and community development facilitator. With a BA Hons in Psychology and MA in Creative Writing, she uses writing as a tool for healing. She is an author of six books which includes Kanga and the Kangaroo Court: Reflections on the Rape Trial of Jacob Zuma, Hearing Visions, and Reweaving
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Hearing Visions, Seeing Voices
Mmatshilo Motsei, a poet, and a former nursing lecturer, social science researcher and psychology graduate, worked for over 10 years as a community development specialist, a counsellor and gender consultant for public and private institutions in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Somalia as well as Europe, USA, Canada and Australia. It is in this regard that Motsei earned a reputation as a global change agent, particularly in the field of gender violence and HIV/AIDS prevention. She worked in the Office of the President of South Africa where she formulated recommendations regarding the setting up of appropriate national gender structures, and for the Ford Foundation as a short-term consultant. As a result of her work, she has received numerous local and international awards including the United Nations Habitat Award She founded the Asiganang Domestic Abuse Prevention and Training (ADAPT) programme in Alexander Township, Johannesburg. Motsei establis