Busi Kheswa is an oral historian as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) activist from South Africa.
GALA is an organization that records the struggles and histories of LGBT South Africans, and uses their stories for documentaries which challenge homophobia and promote gay rights.
Kheswa was in charge of acquiring histories for the visual collections put together by GALA, as well as contributing to public education projects.
As a director for the FEW foundation, Kheswa's work has been instrumental in lobbying for protection against hate crimes, including corrective rapes against women, which happen routinely and often go unpunished, despite being in opposition to South African law which states that LGBT people have fair and equal rights.
Kheswa is also an elder at Hope and Unity Metropolitan Community Church, which is Africa's first openly gay congregation.