Kgomotso Ramushu

Kgomotso Ramushu is a writer and researcher with vested interests in the humanities and social sciences. She is currently pursuing an MPhil in African Studies at the University of Cambridge. She is also a Research Associate at the Africa Open Institute (Stellenbosch University). Kgomotso utilizes the arts as an instrument for knowledge production, preservation and critique. She has produced theatre productions such as Chilahaebolae (staged at Funda Centre, University of the Witwatersrand and The Performing Arts Centre of the Free State) and Dizhozo (Mocoseng, Mahikeng). She spearheaded the Lentswe Playwrights Education Programme through the South African State Theatre and a conversation series titled Zuhoyihoyi through Funda Centre. An advocate for transdisciplinary approaches, she has served as a consultant for organisations including the Puku Children’s Literature Foundation, Ilifa Lethu, Abethu Heritage Initiative and the Art & Ubuntu Trust. Kgomotso’s interest in the production of knowledge was shaped by a decade in education policy and research programme support. Kgomotso is the founder of the Ndoli Jowei Archival Project which aims to conserve and disseminate biographies of African women’s visual artists and collectives at home and in the diaspora. This work has been supported by the Wikimedia Foundation, Africa No Filter and the National Arts Council of South Africa and will be launched in 2025.