"Something about this moment is electric" with Nokuzola Songo

An electric moment with Nokuzola Songo, a Zulu girl from South Africa. She was born under apartheid but calls herself privileged... Thanks to her mom and grandma... They wanted something more for her than what was given to black South Africans by the apartheid rule... Her journey through life up until this point is nothing short of inspirational... educational... for all... Not "just" for African people... perhaps even more so for Europeans and white people... Nokuzola shares with humility and eloquence her take on South Africa, on genocide, on summer camps in the US, on drama therapy, on Oxford University UK, on the South African case to the International Court of Justice about the ongoing genocide on Palestinians by the state of Israel, on the elections 30 years ago in South Africa... on the choices made by the elder generation to move South Africa in the right direction... Her experiences working with Spiritus Mundi as an only slightly older facilitator to Israelis, Palestinians, Norwegians, Danish and Swedish musicians... of which she was given a lead role for them to start being curious about one another on a ranch in rural northern South Africa… This electric moment with Nokuzola will undoubtedly help inspire you and be educated… if you so choose to be… as always up to the listener. Nokuzola was born in PortShepstone, South Africa and grew up in the rural village of Mvutshini. She is a feminist political geographer and holds an MSc from the University of Oxford, UK, an MA from the University of Witwatersrand, SA, and is a Mandela-Washington fellow as part of Barack Obama’s flagship programme, Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). Nokuzola is an International Development Research Award (IDRA) recipient with over ten years of experience consulting in the social development sector across the globe. Through her doctoral project, Nokuzola Songo explores the use of Feminist Political Geography’s intersection with Transitional Justice to strengthen post-conflict reintegration policies by illuminating black women’s experiences of conflict-induced internal displacement. She is constantly exploring inclusive and creative methods such as photography and videography to portray the essence of survivor testimonies and share research output with research participants. Nokuzola was born in PortShepstone, South Africa and grew up in the rural village of Mvutshini. She is a feminist political geographer and holds an MSc from the University of Oxford, UK, an MA from the University of Witwatersrand, SA, and is a Mandela-Washington fellow as part of Barack Obama’s flagship programme, Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). Nokuzola is an International Development Research Award (IDRA) recipient with over ten years of experience consulting in the social development sector across the globe. Through her doctoral project, Nokuzola Songo explores the use of Feminist Political Geography’s intersection with Transitional Justice to strengthen post-conflict reintegration policies by illuminating black women’s experiences of conflict-induced internal displacement. She is constantly exploring inclusive and creative methods such as photography and videography to portray the essence of survivor testimonies and share research output with research participants.