Mission
As a multidisciplinary creative artist, I believe writers are the custodians of human history and understanding. For this reason, it is my mission to engage in journalism as a considerate observer, curator, and contributor to our collective consciousness as it relates to the creative arts, its sociopolitical implications, and its historiography.
News organizations are often perceived to have no obligation to the ethical tenets of journalism. In many ways, they act like this through their tolerance and encouragement of unscrupulous information gathering and disinformation dissemination. Above my work as a writer, it is my mission to found and support news organizations throughout Africa and its diaspora that prioritize the importance of ethical and subject-focused journalism.
Biography
Mandisa ‘Misa’ Makwakwa Masokameng is a Stellenbosch University graduate, having pursued a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (Political Sciences, History, & French). She also participated in the Digify Africa Digital Marketing for Professionals 101 online course in 2017. She has completed the Facebook Blueprint and Twitter Flight School Certifications, in addition to the Google AdWords Certification.
She is an accomplished creative artist with backgrounds in the performing arts including, but not limited to, poetry, creative writing, film, and music. In 2018, Festival Politicos, a docu-series she co-produced, was nominated for best Web Series at the Zanzibar International Film Festival. She also possesses a multilingual and multicultural background, with dual citizenship from South Africa and the United States of America; Misa is fluent in English and proficient in French.
Mandisa began content production in 2016, with the launch of Misa Narrates and servicing a selection of clients predominantly from the arts and entertainment industry.