Ngaire Blankenberg (born 1971 or 1972[1]) is a Canadian-born South African museum designer, consultant, and administrator.
[1] Her mother is White and her father is Coloured (and albino); they had relocated to Canada as their interracial marriage was illegal in South Africa at that time.
[1][3] She earned a journalism degree from Carleton University and worked for 12 years in television and documentaries, including a year as a videographer on the CBC newsmagazine series Road Movies,[4] before moving to South Africa to study media and cultural studies, earning a masters degree from the University of Natal.
[3][5] She moved back to Canada and began working as a museum designer and consultant.
[9] Lord and Blankenberg argued that the concept of soft power should be expanded from the political sphere to include "cultural and urban life.