Speaking Through My World with Rosie Motene
"Speaking truth through an African feminist lens—amplifying our voices through impactful artivism rooted in ancestral wisdom and healing."
Speaking Through My World with Rosie Motene
Rosie Motene is driven by three core passions: womxn, Africa, and the arts. As a Pan-African queer feminist, writer, activist, speaker, and media proprietor, she draws on over 30 years of experience in media and more than two decades in feminist and LGBTQI+ activism. Rosie is also a certified counsellor and life coach, currently completing postgraduate studies in Drama Therapy and Psychology.
Her podcast, #SpeakingThroughMyWorld, explores urgent and underrepresented issues across gender-based violence, queer rights, the arts, and the African experience. It offers bold, intersectional conversations rooted in advocacy, healing, and creative resistance.
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- Update frequency
- every 24 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 58
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Tumi Tlhabi- Rooted in the soil, art and culture of our country,
I am conversing with Tumi Tlhabi, a black Queer woman who is a farmer, art gallery director, and entrepreneur.
Tumi represents The North West province and shares her challenges, passions, and success…
Uhuru Mbele from Tosunga Baninga
Uhuru (Norma) Mbele is the founder of Tosunga Baninga.
'Tosunga Baninga' is a phrase in the Lingala language of Central Africa, meaning 'helping you to help others.
Uhuru shares why she founded the gra…
The Realities of Cancel Culture
THE REALITY OF CANCEL CULTURE.
Cancel culture, deliberate erasure, and the silencing of womxn and queer bodies have occurred for decades.
Those who have spoken out have been ostracised, often losing t…
PLUS LGBTQI
Plus-LGBTQI is a non-profit organization that aims to build a dynamic, thriving, and visible South African lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex business community.
I am in conversation wi…
Donald Molosi - Cattlepost films
In conversation with Donald Molosi again.
Donald has launched his production company Cattlepost Films, and the first project to produce is the Botswana short film, Partly Cloudy and Hot. The film unp…
Hamlet Nkwain
In this podcast, I am in conversation with Hamlet Nkwain from Cameroon. Hamlet is a human rights activist and the executive director at 'Working For Our Wellbeing.'
Working For Our Wellbeing is a non-…
International WomXns Day. Is it a celebration?
International WomXns Day- is it a celebration?
So many womXn live in fear and cannot live and speak their truths.
Our bodies are ridiculed, and when we dare to stand up to the patriarchy, we are haras…
Queermas 2022- Parents, Families & Friends of South African Queers- PFSAQ
Putting love first for all our children and family members and friends regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity or expression
Love for our children, sisters, brothers, cousins, mother…
Queermas- Ntuspe Mohapi from The Ekhuruleni Pride Organising Committee.
Queermas Drive 2022.
In my latest podcast series- Queermas Drive 2022, I highlight LGBTQI+ organisations.
In conversation with Ntuspe Mohapi from The Ekhuruleni Pride Organising Committee.
How can you …
We deserve pure queer love and respect from each other.
We recieve so many levels of betrayal, erasure, and abuse from society, could we try not to bring that into our personal spaces?
We deserve honesty, love, and all things delicious.
Smashing the patria…
The GBV- The next phase.
We know that it's a journey that we all need to participate in, work in, and hold each other accountable.
Support the small safe spaces that are making strides on their own.
Be gentle with yourselves …
Warrior Healing
TRIGGER WARNING!!!!
OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE!!!
At 5 am on a Saturday, we had a home invasion, and I discovered the thief halfway through my kitchen window, perched on the sink.
I found the strength to shout …
Waka Conversations with Delta The Leo
Delta is a multi-talented, entertainment powerhouse.
Born in rural Limpopo, inspired and groomed by the streets of Alexandra Township, South Africa.
Delta has a strong background in dance with internat…
The Pride Shelter Trust
A space that provides short-term accommodation to the LGBTQI+ minority groups during crisis periods.
The objectives of The Pride Shelter are to promote dignity, respect, and a sense of personal empow…
Wom_n in Music South Africa
TRIGGER WARNING.
THE CONTENT MAY BE TRIGGERING.
Rosie was invited to give the keynote address at an event hosted by Women in Music.
She speaks on the realities of GBV in the entertainment industry.
Ro…
Ending erasure is another way of preventing violence
Unlearning the toxic and patriarchal ideologies of discriminating against humans is being discussed in this episode.
The I in LGBTQI is often misunderstood, so in this podcast, Rosie Motene chats w…
The Legalities around GBV
In this episode, Rosie unpacks the legalities around GBV and converses with Megan Jane Wentzel from Fember Attorneys Incorporated.
The conversation gives insight into opening a protection order, the …
Introduction - The crisis of Gender Based Violence in South Africa
Gender-based violence is a pandemic in South Africa. According to the Africa Health Organisation, 51% of women in South Africa say they have experienced gender-based violence, with 76% of men saying …
Episode 2: Rape Culture
In this episode, Rosie Motene looks at what rape culture is and where the term originated. The podcast unpacks examples of rape culture and how it exists, and why we must end this social norm.
Waka conversations with Rosie Motene & Lamelle Shaw
Lamelle Shaw is a writer, poet, musician and voice over- artist of Liberian descent based in South Africa.
Her work has been featured in Tears of Fire by the US National Library of Poetry, Breath Into…