bio
Mmakgosi is finishing a BA in Motion Picture Medium at AFDA, Botswana this June, 2019. She had earlier studied for three years in International Relations & Criminology at Monash South Africa. She created and directs Mmakgosi Live, a show/campaign devoted to mental health awareness and activism in Botswana.
She recently wrote and directed Section 82, a 24-minute short film about modern day slavery, for her degree at AFDA. Mmakgosi has also written scripts for Colours Television Drama Series, Property 4U Show and directed four short student films.
She is an activist committed to youth & women empowerment who pioneered mental health awareness movement in Botswana. Mmakgosi has given speeches and performed Spoken Word pieces in more than 16 programs in Botswana, Zambia and South Africa.
In 2018 she was recognized as one of the three Change Makers in Botswana for Botswana’s Independence Day Celebrations. Mmakgosi Anita Tau is a contributor to Diamond Unearthed Magazine, advocating and inspiring spirited conversations about women, health and faith.
She has been published in Drum Magazine, South Africa, Kalahari Review and Badilisha Poetry. Her short story and poems were also published in the Botswana Tourism Organisation’s Share Botswana Tourism Fiction Award Anthology in 2018 and 2019.
