Kagiso Lesego Molope

Kagiso Lesego Molope is an Indigenous South African Canadian novelist and playwright.

Born and raised in South Africa, Kagiso Lesego Molope graduated from the University of Cape Town and moved to Canada at age 21.

[3] [4] In 2019, Molope also won the Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award, for her book Such A Lovely, Lonely Road[5].

On May 7, 2024 Molope was invited to the Politics and Pen Gala a fundraiser hosted by the Writers Trust.

During the gala Molope made a speech regarding the death toll and humitarian costs of Israels military campaign in Gaza.