Malebo Sephodi

A moon child and an African feminist, malebo sephodi is an award-winning writer and scholar. malebo’s debut non-fiction book, Miss Behave (published by BlackBird Books, 2017), won them the South African Literary Award for First-Time Published Author (2018). Their interdisciplinary work focuses on the intersections of art, society and technology. malebo is the founder and organiser of the Summer Institute in Computational Social Science – University of Johannesburg site. malebo is also a doctoral candidate and researcher in the Information Systems Department, University of Cape Town. They are an associate at the Wits School of Governance’s Tayarisha, the African Centre of Excellence for Digital Governance. She is a contributor to The Agam Agenda’s anthology Harvest Moon: Poems and Stories from the Edge of the Climate Crisis and the When is Now project, a creative collaboration of poets, scientists, visual artists and emerging leaders, calling for stronger climate action. Their forthcoming visual project interrogates the relationship between society and nature.