Tshiamo Modisane

Tshiamo Modisane (born 24 January 1990) is a South African author, activist, television personality and actress. She is the founder of Linzy-Lindsay Foundation and received the Sowetan SMag Woman of the Year in Fashion and Beauty award in 2022. Quotes For someone with as intricate a label as the one I’ve been given, it is the hardest request to answer. The tug-of-war between my true self and society has been my enduring reality. Before you start thinking, ‘What in the sociology of Deepak Chopra have I got myself into with this book?’, rest assured that mine is a very simple story, but told with a lot of questions We’ve all heard this conversational opener at some point, perhaps during a job interview or on a date. For single women like me, the line usually rears its head on dating sites. While it shouldn’t be that big a deal or require an intellectual response – how hard can talking about yourself be? – it does make most of us stop and think about how we want to be known to the world. The story behind the name goes as follows: I was the very first ‘acknowledged’ grandson in the Modisane family; my father had had a son before me but denied fathering him until much later in our lives. Therefore, my entrance into the world was heralded as the arrival of a king. I was the family’s heir and the one who would proudly carry the Modisane name forward. There’s a level of (unhealthy) red-carpet treatment afforded a woman whose first child is a boy – as though those whose first offspring are girls have done a lesser job. Most African cultures are rooted in boy children being the be-all and end-all of life – the superheroes ordained to carry the family name forward. What a cross to bear! External links Category:Living people Category:1990 births Category:Women authors from South Africa