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Maipelo Gabang is a PhD Candidate at Stockholm University of the Arts. Maipelo is an artistic researcher, performer and facilitator from Botswana whose educational background includes a B.A in Drama and Organisational Psychology and an MA in Choreography and Movement Research from Rhodes University in South Africa. Maipelo will be embarking on her Doctorate studies at the Stockholm University of the Arts in Sweden from 2021 to 2024. Her work and practice centre on the experiences and knowings of Black women within the Southern African diaspora. Maipelo appeared in the music video for Oumou Sangaré's Mogoya track, ‘Yere Faga’ featuring Tony Allen, directed by Chris Saunders who also directed the music video for Sangare's Mogoya track “Kamelemba”, based on her 1993 Ko Sira track "Dugu Kamalemba". With Maipelo Gabang, Ann Gollifer co-founded the Art Residency Centre. Maipelo danced to other songs in dance studios.
"Yere Faga" and her album Mogoya by Oumou Sangaré
[edit]The album itself achieves a tone that matches the emotive range of the lyrics. The tension and temptation to despair in Yere Faga rings through steel drums, but by the end of the track, the only right response seems to be unfettered, joyous dancing in the face of trials. That is what makes Oumou’s songs so compelling. Speaking about the motivation for Yere Faga, Oumou says; “You know, success is heavy. There have been times where I’ve really had to rely on having a strong character to survive. I wrote ‘Yere Faga’ to give an example to everyone and to say that in life you have to be strong. Everybody will encounter some problem one day or another. But you have to be stronger than the problem so you can go beyond it.”
Ann works from her studio in Gaborone and is involved in the creative development of the arts throughout the community there. She and Maipelo Gabang initiated the Artists Residency Centre in Gaborone in October 2019 and together run its program.