1. Siyanda Mohutsiwa was born on 1993 and is an internationally recognised satirical writer and speaker from Botswana.
10 Facts About Siyanda Mohutsiwa
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Katlo Siyanda Mohutsiwa was born in 1993 in Swaziland, where her mother is from and moved to Botswana, where her father is from when she was very young.
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When she moved to Botswana, Mohutsiwa lost her ability to speak SiSwati and became a Setswana speaker.
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Siyanda Mohutsiwa graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from the University of Botswana in October 2016.
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Siyanda Mohutsiwa is a graduate of the prestigious Iowa Writers Workshop where she received a MFA from the University of Iowa in 2018.
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Siyanda Mohutsiwa began writing at the age of five and by age twelve was writing an opinion column in a national newspaper.
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In 2013, Siyanda Mohutsiwa was an invited to contribute to the blog for Zanews, an international commentary site out of South Africa.
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In 2016, Siyanda Mohutsiwa moved to America to enroll at the prestigious Iowa Writers Workshop where she studied fiction under Lan Samantha Chang, Ethan Canin, Ayana Mathis, Charles D'Ambrosio and Jess Walter.
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The discussion turned to another on-line media platform, TedTalks, when Siyanda Mohutsiwa was invited to discuss how social media is being used to transform social conversation.
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Siyanda Mohutsiwa discussed that the internet has changed the way people deal with issues, their ability to criticize stereotypes, their governments, policies, and identity.