Team
Ishmael Sibiya
Ishmael Sibiya is a facilitator and event producer focused on the development of emerging artists within the performing arts sector. Over the years, Ishmael has worked with government and the private sector to produce youth development projects and cultural exchanges. One of the flagship projects he has conceptualized and produced for the City of Tshwane is the “Tshwane Speak Out Loud Youth Poetry Competition and Festival” which is one of the most rewarding poetry competitions in South Africa currently, awarding youth poets with over R50k in prizes yearly since being launched in 2015.
Phomolo Sekamotho
Phomolo Sekamotho, better known as Flex of He & I, is a South African artist that incorporates spoken word poetry into live music. His craft has seen him travel and share all across Southern Africa, Washington DC as well as New York. In 2012 he headlined the House of Hunger Poetry Slam in Zimbabwe. In 2015 he visited the United States of America, performing and facilitating writing workshops in schools across Washington DC. Flex is currently working on a live “poetry in music” album with his 6-piece band. Under the Fly Language and Azania to DC banner, He has facilitated workshops at the Pioneer Academy in Johannesburg as well as Washington DC under the Azania to DC banner, creating channels that serve as a platform for communities of young artists to express and exhibit their creativity, talents, beliefs, history, culture and perspectives.