Mmakgosi Live tonight
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | Friday September 8, 2017 16:03
Mmakgosi Live, is an event coined to sensitise people on mental health issues, raising awareness and bringing forth an element of healing through poetry and song. It is an enlightening event that aims to inspire the audience and leave an unforgettable impact in their lives.
The event themed Rooted In Africa is expected to bring the power of healing through poetry, spoken word and live music. After 18 years of writing, Mmakgosi Ophadile Anita Tau envisions an outpour of empowerment, edutainment and fulfillment for everyone attending this event. The guest of Honour is the Minister of Health and Wellness Dorcus Makgato.
“The theme of the night is, Rooted in Africa,” which entails spoken word poetry, song and a traditional Setswana buffet to bring the theme a little closer to home. To make it more interactive, the audience is set to honour the theme and come dressed in their German Print or preferred African attire,” Tau told Showbiz. She said the gist of the night is to share true life experiences of Mmakgosi, her inspirational testimony of overcoming bipolar and depression, her healing journey, faith, hope and love through storytelling and poetry.
The show features the likes of Poetess Phopho, (Nametso Dorothy Phonchi), Tshegofatso Kwadiba, Mya Serame and promises to fuse film, fine art and other forms of art. “The nature of this event is a groundbreaking effort to sensitive Batswana on mental health issues in an artistic and innovative manner,” she explained.
Tau is a creative writer born in 1989. She writes, performs and lives to make a difference through her art. She believed in becoming and living the change. In 2012 she co-founded a movement called MO Scripts, which purposes to advance literacy and writing. The movement has since published four mobile poetry anthologies that stand at half a million downloads all at five-star ratings, which aids their mandate. She has two anthologies to her name, All Over My Tswana Mind and The Allure Of Transparency Sin, both available as e-books on Amazon and Smashwords. Tickets are sold at P350 and include dinner. The event starts at 6.30pm and all attendees are expected to be at the venue by 6pm.