Myesha Jenkins passed away Saturday 5th September having lived with pancreatic cancer. She was a poet, spoken word performer, teacher and cultural activist.
Born in San Francisco US, in 1993 she moved to South Africa and became a founding member of the Feela Sistah Spoken Word Collective, that featured Napo Masheane, Ntsiki Mazwai and Lebo Mashile.

Myesha encouraged women’s writing and she has curated projects and created platforms to highlight the work of women poets. For five years, from 2011–2016, Jenkins produced the series Poetry in the Air on SAfm, to showcase poets in celebration of South African Women’s Month.

GUEST: Philippa Ya De Villiers – Poet & Author

GUEST: Napo Masheane – Poet, Author & Theatre Director