Brilliant Kodie

Brilliant Kodie is an artivist, blogger and a photographer from Botswana. Quotes Because of social media, the world now knows of the homophobia that lives in West Africa, We’ve been able to raise awareness easily in this way, something we were never really assured of from traditional media. With social media too, we are able to hold traditional media accountable, which is something I see happening on Twitter frequently. BOTSWANA ARTIVISTS, N.D Setabane is a derogatory word for gay. The word is always used to bring down gay people especially when they are closeted or just trying to live their truth. In deciding to use the word I saw the need to own it and change its view by allowing all those who are living their truth to come forth and share stories about themselves with the world. This is done so that they refrain from just seeing us as just abomination thus using my talent of photography for creating stills that are high quality and relevant to our time. So far the impact has basically been Batswana visiting the website setabane.com to read stories and show appreciation. With time we want to engage them more and expand into podcasting so that they are able to hear the stories being shared by those who own them. Going forward it will be great to actually even have set ups where the public can maybe once a month get to meet these individuals and hear their stories in person and interact with them. Setabane.com, the first online portal for LGBTI in Botswana, Botswana Gazette, October 18 2018 Also I just want to keep taking pictures really… Because most of all, I enjoy it. One day I want to wake up, go to the book store, buy Vogue Italia/US/UK and see my work in there. Africa can do it. Africa Reign: Modisa Brilliant Kodie, n.d External Links Category:Bloggers Category:Photographers Category:People from Botswana Category:Living people