Sarah Godsell

Sarah Godsell is a South African poet, historian and activist. She grew up in Johannesburg. Her first poetry performance was in 2009.
Activism
In an article for The Daily Maverick, Godsell illustrates her support of students during in 2015, "The #WitsFeesMustFall protest is brave and necessary. Students are putting their bodies and education on the line to protest first about the fee increase for next year - which puts the upfront registration payment at nearly R10,000 - but also against the financial exclusion of black students from the university in general. To put it another way - these students are protesting the institutional violence inflicted by the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)."
Education
Godsell's PhD explores territorialisation against the policies of the colonial, apartheid, homeland and post-apartheid State; how Esther Kekana was deligitimised as Bophuthatswana Chieftain using her gender and sexuality after she resisted the power of Bophuthatswana President Lucas Mangope.
Profession
NRF Chair in Local Histories, Present Realities at University of the Witwatersrand (Wits).
Performances
* Poetry Delight (2009)
* National Arts Festival in Grahamstown (2009)
* Freshly Sliced
* Kats Kum out to Play
* Sannaa Africa (2013)
* 1000 Poets for Peace (2014)
* 1000 People Boogy
* Capital Letters Poetry Marathon
* SAFM Poetry in the Air (2012 and 2013)
* Secret with the Moon
Human4Human
Human4Human was co-conceptualised by Vangi Gantsho and Sarah Godsell in 2014 and is an ongoing theatrical conversation that began as a poetry and music ensemble presented by founder-poets Vangi Gantsho, Sarah Godsell, Mthunzikazi Mbungwana and singer-lyricist Hannah Forster. In a country divided by age, gender and race they have initiated a human-only focus. Human4Human became a theatrical piece under the direction of Monageng Motshabi and was funded by Pamela Nomvete (Sibongile Bax Dale Incubation Centre). Human4Human was performed in Johannesburg's Afrikan Freedom Station and Joburg Theatre; and in Pretoria at the Lier Theatre at the University of Pretoria.

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