Motlalepula Phukubje
Motlalepula Phukubje is a Johannesburg born, African Studies alumni from the University of Cape Town. Motlalepula, who was a member of both the Rhodes Must Fall and Fees Must Fall movements of 2015 and 2016 respectively and, who subscribes to the politics of Fallism, graduated in 2019 from the University of Cape Town as a triple politics major with a Bachelor of Social Science degree as well as a Postgrad Diploma in African Studies. She is now interested in bringing in disciplinary insights from political theory and incorporating them with the arts in a way that represents Fallism which, itself as a theory is founded on Pan Africanism, Black Consciousness and Black Radical Feminism. Motlalepula, who has spent some time as an Archival Researcher and as a Conservator for Museums in the Western Cape is also interested in the proper-commemoration of Africa’s unsung struggle heroes who have been left out of the greater liberation struggle narrative. Motlalepula essentially deals with ways in which knowledge about those whose stories have gone unheard can be increased through ensuring the most accurately detailed and most politically correct curation of museum exhibitions. Motlalepula’s work is focused primarily on the Decolonization of Art, Public Culture and Heritage. In working with African artists, Motlalepula seeks in this regard as well, to investigate how African artists can curate their art in a way that will revolutionize the art world and global politics, in order to become visible and to accurately represent Africa.