bio
Jonathan Lefenya is a published poet, digital marketer, founder of a media company Creators Court. scriptwriter, copywriter, freelance journalist, published poet, performer and facilitator. A Digify Africa alumni, The Touch program alumni, and a current Global Entrepreneurship Leadership program alumni. His work flings open the narrow window of language, through which we are accustomed to describing reality and in so doing, compels both Self and audience to reflect on the plight and plethora of the human condition. Growing up he had neither a sense of the world nor his place in it, so the poet uses writing as a metaphor for control. As a performance poet, his work is that of remarkable pliability and nuance. On the poetry stage, his art is known for its’ pathos and piercing nature, which appeals to the delicate senses of the audience. He has recently debuted his one hander at the Tx Theatre "Leru la Mahlomola'' and showcased a duo poetry consultation "Uthando Ngumuthi '' Co-written and Co-directed by Thuthukani Myeza. Two of his poems are published In the poetic blues anthology featuring some of South Africa's prominent poets.
