This Women’s Day at Native Rebels in Soweto join Sangoma Gogo Mahlodi and artist, Puleng Mongale for good food, good music and an equally delectable conversation on art, ancestry and community at Societea. Native Rebels is located at 1345 Kadebe Street, Jabavu, Soweto. Standard tickets are R50 and tickets that include brunch are R200.
Hosted by writer and sangoma, Vuyiswa Xekatwane (aka Gogo Mahlodi)
” Societea offers a space for us to commune through shared knowledge, music and food. The talk starts at 10am and the DJs will stop playing at 8pm. “
Says Gogo Mahlodi who is deeply intentional about healing, deeply devoted to the alchemic genius of blackness.
Inspired by the societies and stokvels founded in townships across South Africa, Societea seeks to bring together creatives, artists and like minded people as we think and explore together through the sharing of our experiences, processes and intentions.
Puleng Mongale uses her vivid collages as a way to connect with her Sotho heritage. Mongale’s artistic expression is mostly influenced by the stories of the women in her life. Mongale explores her identity through an internal dialogue that revolves around a re-imagined history, the establishment and maintenance of ancestral relationships, black womanhood, and re/claiming her heritage.
“While the Native_rebels team is sure to serve us soul filling food, our DJ’s promise to keep our feet and hearts happy with nothing but fayah tunes.”
Says Gogo Mahlodi of the lineup that includes Teedo Love, Maria McCloy , Nenoblues and Buntu The Ghetto.
Brunch and conversation between Gogo Mahlodi and Puleng Mongale starts at 10AM.
Please email ugogomahlodi@gmail.com to purchase your tickets.
Tickets will also be available at the door
ABOUT PULENG MONGALE
Puleng Mongale (b. 1991) uses her vivid collages as a way to connect with her Sotho heritage. Having originally studied communications science and English at the University of South Africa, as well as pursuing copywriting at Umuzi, a creative hub based in Jeppestown, she decided to explore the art world more seriously.
Mongale’s artistic expression is mostly influenced by the stories of the women in her life; women who raised her and women in her family who she has heard about but never met, such as her late great-grandmother, after whom she is named. She also draws inspiration from the black, working-class women she encounters daily in the city.
Working in digital collage, Mongale explores her identity through an internal dialogue that revolves around a re-imagined history, the establishment and maintenance of ancestral relationships, black womanhood, and re/claiming her heritage.
Mongale finds that her collage work, through self-portraiture, allows her to put together pieces of worlds she’s never been a part of and worlds that she’s trying to forge right now. Her imagined, photoshopped landscapes are vivid renderings of a life she yearns for. She says living in Johannesburg has always made her feel slightly displaced: “Joburg is an eclectic mix of cultures but is somehow dominated by one particular culture/language.”
Puleng Mongale (b. 1991) uses her vivid collages as a way to connect with her Sotho heritage. Having originally studied communications science and English at the University of South Africa, as well as pursuing copywriting at Umuzi, a creative hub based in Jeppestown, she decided to explore the art world more seriously.
Mongale’s artistic expression is mostly influenced by the stories of the women in her life; women who raised her and women in her family who she has heard about but never met, such as her late great-grandmother, after whom she is named. She also draws inspiration from the black, working-class women she encounters daily in the city.
Working in digital collage, Mongale explores her identity through an internal dialogue that revolves around a re-imagined history, the establishment and maintenance of ancestral relationships, black womanhood, and re/claiming her heritage.
Mongale finds that her collage work, through self-portraiture, allows her to put together pieces of worlds she’s never been a part of and worlds that she’s trying to forge right now. Her imagined, photoshopped landscapes are vivid renderings of a life she yearns for. She says living in Johannesburg has always made her feel slightly displaced: “Joburg is an eclectic mix of cultures but is somehow dominated by one particular culture/language.”
ABOUT GOGO MAHLODI
Vuyiswa Xekatwane is a writer, content producer and healer living and working in Johannesburg, South Africa.
As a writer, her work centres mainly around South African jazz documentation and musical heritage, while as a traditional healer, her work is concerned with the restoration of indigenous practices and knowledge sharing.
Working across both traditional and digital media, Vuyiswa has contributed to various publications including OkayAfrica, the Mail&Guardian, Arts24 and Between10and5 to name just a few.
Vuyiswa has featured on Kaya FM’s Jazzuary masterclass, as well as moderated a number of interdisciplinary conversations in collaboration with various artists and institutions such as Umuzi Academy, Eyethu Art Gallery, Wikipedia and Jazzfest Berlin.