Minds of the Movement

An ICNC blog on the people and power of civil resistance

Rosie Motene

Rosie Motene has a BA in Dramatic Arts from Wits University. She is an independent activist, feminist writer, and award-winning author. She has excelled as a global speaker, consultant, documentary, and impact producer. Rosie is also a certified and registered counselor, and life coach. Rosie uses her platforms to speak on issues that align with her three passions, Womxn, Africa, and the arts. Her podcast- Speaking Through My World can be found via, Buzzersprout, Spotify, and Apple podcasts. Her blog can be found on Patron and Wordpress. Rosie has over thirty years of experience in the media industry and close to twenty years working in the activism space.

Writings from Rosie Motene

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Writing about Activism: A Tactic, a Lesson, a Refuge and a Right!

How has writing changed my life? Sharing my passion for writing about activism. Arusha, December 2024. Credit: Amber French.I had a very unconventional upbringing. I was born in 1974 in South Africa during the Apartheid era. At the time my mother was a domestic worker for a white Jewish family. The dynamics of being brought up through a white lens while my mother lived in the back room as the maid created many internal crises. The country, law and society reinforced the insolence that white is right, and for many decades I believed and adopted that internal racism […]

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Interviews & People

“Our Journey, Our Truth, Our Challenges”: African Feminism and Defying Dictatorship in Uganda

It’s a story of fearless resistance to dictatorship. It’s a decolonized story—one told about Ugandans, by Ugandans, not by a former colonial power. The story aspires to give back the power to Africans, and to African women and queers, in particular. It’s the story of Stella Nyanzi, a Ugandan queer woman of numerous facets, but most of all, of power through provocation. Stella, currently in her late forties, is a poetess, academic, African feminist, LGBTQIA+ activist, opposition politician, and fierce challenger of the Museveni regime. She was imprisoned in April 2017 for several weeks for posting on Facebook a poem boldly criticizing the First Lady and President Yoweri Museveni. […]

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