Qhali

Qhali is a social justice activist, bilingual writer, poet, indigenous languages publisher and sustainable development practitioner. She is a 2022 Atlantic Fellow for racial equity. She is the founder of Loss-iLahleko which has produced South Africa’s first multilingual anthology series and guidebook that explores gender-based violence in all the official languages in South Africa. She holds a masters degree in creative writing from Rhodes University and qualifications in public policy, development studies, and economics. Her poetry and short stories have appeared in literary magazines and journals including The Red Wheelbarrow, Agbowo Magazine, The Kalahari Review, and The New Contrast Literary Journal. She currently oversees research and development at the Qhama Social Housing Institute and the Steve Biko Precinct, an organisation that combines social housing with art and liberation history. She is the editor of their liberation heritage book series, My Story – Your Heritage. Qhali is a mother of two children who inspire her work, and currently lives between the Eastern Cape province where she was born and Johannesburg.