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BIOGRAPHY OF ISAAC RAMOSHIDI BOKABA.

Isaac Ramoshidi Bokaba was born Isaac Ramoshidi Moeketsi in Skilpadfontein clinic, Mpumalanga, South Africa, to a domestic worker mother during the former South African apartheid regime and five days after the controversial 1976 Soweto students uprising. His artistic career started at a tender age while mostly based in the Catholic Church. He often found his refuge in books and music provided by his father Abram who unfortunately passed away while Isaac was still eleven years old back in 1987.

In 1989 he moved from Potchefstroom South Africa where he was staying with his aunt to Ga-Rankuwa, timeously getting involved with Youth Movements fully participating in drama, poetry reciting and music composition besides day schooling.

He later moved to Cape Town to study in 1995 and worked with the likes of Dizu Plaatjies, pioneer and leader of the globally acclaimed Amampondo Cultural Group, lecturer at the University of Cape Town,

Isaac aims to share his talent with other South African youth, the disabled and old aged and through embarking in both local and global cultural exchange programmes. His previous work of art on the local underground scene makes him a talented songwriter, rapper, author, publisher and an african poet of note. His mission is to inspire talent, educate the youth, motivate the nation and to put across the message of dedication and right living through arts and culture.