Bulelwa Basse
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
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| Occupation | Founder of Lyrical Base Project |
| Location | Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa |
| Introduction | Bulelwa Basse is the Founder of Lyrical Base Project, an arts and culture organisation which seeks to elevate the profiles of writers from marginalised communities through community-publishing projects, performance poetry, cultural and corporate events. She has collaborated nationally with various arts education institutions and literary establishments in the capacity of Language Facilitator, Published/Performance Poet, Speaker and Events Co-ordinator. Her writing has been published by the Poetry Institute of Africa, University of KwaZulu Natal Press, Department of Arts and Culture and Oprah Magazine. Basse is passionate about aligning herself with women empowerment projects such as Bona Magazine's Women Empowerment Club, True Love Magazine's Winning Style and Move Magazine's empowerment initiatives, for which she's both hosted and performed her poetry as a motivational tool. Bulelwa is also the Editor of Muse, an electronic poetry publishing and profiling magazine. |
| Interests | Live Performances of Music and Poetry; Business Networking Events; Travelling nationally and abroad. |
| Favorite movies | How Stella Got Her Groove Back: Angela Basset and Taye Diggs; What's Love Got To Do With It: Angela Basset; Ray Charles: Jamie Fox; Set It Off: Vivica A Fox & Jada Pinkett-Smith; Big Mama: Vivica A Fox; Pursuit of Happiness: Will Smith; Silence of the Lambs: Jodie Foster; Mr and Mrs Smith: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt; |
| Favorite music | Soul: Marvin Gaye; Donny Hathaway; Barry White; Aretha Franklin; Pebbles; Funk: Stevie Wonder; RJ Benjamin; MXO; Jazz: Kirk Whalum; Moreira Chonguica; Bongani Sotshononda; Sipho Gumede; Wanda Baloyi; Tutu Puone; Judith Sephuma; Zama Jobe; Sibongile Khumalo; Themba Mkhize; Victor Ntoni; Diane Kraal; RnB: Mary J Blige; Deborah Cox; Vivien Green; Hip-Hop: Floetry; Jill Scott; Lauren Hill; Jay Z; Hip-Hop Pantsula; Afro-Pop: Thandiswa Mazwai; House: Bantu Soul; Gospel:Yolanda Adams; Cece & Bebe Winans; Mary Mary; Michael Speaks; |
| Favorite books | From the Limbs of My Poetry & Signs of the Time (CD) By: Omekongo WaDibinga; Fresh Ink By: CityWide Poets Anthology; Zero Gravity (Book & CD) By: CityWide Poets Anthology; Thinking About You By: Timothy Maurice Webster a Personal Brand Philosopher; If Only By: Maakomele Manaka; Voices in My Head By: Kojo Baffoe; Soul Stories & Seat of the Soul By: Gary Zukav; What Kind of World Do You Want? (Here'w How We Can Get It) By: Jim Lord with pam McAllister; Every Woman's Battle (Discovering God's Plan For Sexual and Emotional Fulfillment By: Stephen Arterburn; 8 Choices That Will Change a Woman's Life (Discussions and Questions Included) By Jill Briscoe; A Hundred Silences (Poems) By: Gabeba Baderoon; Yesterday I Cried By: Iyanla Vanzant; |