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Lee
Mokobe

Awardee

Country

South Africa

Lee Mokobe advocates for racial justice through their photography.

Themes

Racial justice

Indigenous rights

Gender equality

Sexual Expression / Queer Expression

Reexamining history

Disciplines

Artistic Research

Film

Performance

Photography

Other(s)

Awards

SEED Award 2021

Profile

Lee Mokobe is a South African multimedia artist. They have a bachelor’s degree in Motion Picture and are the youngest TED Fellow, 6x TED Speaker, 3x writer/contributor and Brave New Voices Champion in 2015. Mokobe is the founder of Vocal Revolutionaries, a nonprofit that teaches digital media and social justice to township youth, creating the world’s next leaders and artists. Their work is focused on anthropological research and queer African stories.