Lesego Tlhabi
Lesego Tlhabi (an haife ta a ranar 13 ga watan Disamba 1988) marubuciya 'yar Afirka ta Kudu ce kuma 'yar wasan barkwanci wacce aka fi sani da ƙirƙirar Coconut Kelz.[1]
Rayuwar farko
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Iyayen Tlhabi, Brian Tlhabi da Penny Osiris, dukkansu likitoci ne. An haife ta a shekara ta 1988, a cikin shekaru na ƙarshe na wariyar launin fata.[2] Iyayenta sun sake aure kuma a cikin shekarar 2010 wani ɗan jarida, Redi Tlhabi, ya zama ɗan uwan mahaifiyarta.[3][4] Shahararriyar wasan barkwancinta tana da tasiri ta yadda ta girma a matsayinta na ƴaƴan baƙar fata da ke halartar galibin cibiyoyin farar fata: misali, a ƙaramar makaranta ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin 'yan mata baƙaƙen fata guda biyu a aji. Tlhabi ta yi karatun wasan kwaikwayo a London a Jami'ar Brunel da gidan wasan kwaikwayo na kiɗa da rubuce-rubucen talabijin a New York a Kwalejin Fim na New York da Jami'ar Columbia kafin ta koma Afirka ta Kudu don yin aiki a matsayin marubuciyar allo a shekarar 2014.[5][6]
Coconut Kelz
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Ta kasance tana yin rubutu a talabijin kuma tana yi a matsayin DJ (kamar yadda Dame the DJ) lokacin da ta fara yin bidiyo akan YouTube azaman canjinta, Coconut Kelz. Kelz wani "wani hali ne na baƙar fata mai kyamar kansa wanda ke bayyana damuwar fararen fata a Afirka ta Kudu bayan mulkin wariyar launin fata."[6][7] Tlhabi tana kallon babban hali a matsayin wata hanya ta "wasa waɗannan ra'ayoyin [wariyar launin fata] a mayar da su (fararen 'yan mata) a cikin hanya mai ban dariya don su ji da gaske kuma ba za su sami kariya ba." Wasu kuma sun kwatanta wasan barkwancinta na kabilanci da na Sacha Baron Cohen na Ali G.[2][8]
Aikin ya fara a intanet kuma masu watsa shirye-shirye na al'ada sun lura da ita: a cikin shekarar 2018 Coconut Kelz ya fara fitowa a cikin wani shiri na yau da kullun a shirin gidan rediyon Phemelo Motene na karshen mako kuma a cikin shekarar 2019 Hukumar Watsa Labarai ta Afirka ta Kudu ta sanar da cewa Tlhabi zata shiga.[5] Bongani Bingwa akan wani sabon shiri, Ma'aunin Dimokuradiyya. A watan Mayu 2019 Kelz ya karbi bakuncin " zaɓe na musamman" da aka watsa a gidan talabijin akan BET Africa.
Zuwa ƙarshen 2019, Tlhabi ta buga littafin satirical, Coconut Kelz's Guide to Surviving This Shithole. Mai bita Nkosazana Dambuza ya rubuta cewa, yayin da littafin ba zai iya "kamar haka mai zurfi ba", halin Kelz shine "tunatarwa cewa gwagwarmayar yau da kullun na zama baƙar fata ba ta ƙare ba."[9]
Ayyuka
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- Coconut Kelz's Guide to Surviving This Shithole. Jonathan Ball Publishers. 2019. ISBN 9781868429882.
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ Nkanjeni, Unathi (13 December 2019). "Redi Tlhabi to stepdaughter Coconut Keltz: 'You have been nothing but love to me'". Sunday Times. South Africa. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Amato, Carlos (1 September 2018). "Coconut Kelz is not 'whiteface' comedy, says joker Lesego Tlhabi". Sunday Times. South Africa. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ↑ "Wedding bells for Redi Direko". Independent Online. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ↑ Nkanjeni, Unathi (1 July 2019). "Redi Tlhabi denies she's the reason step-daughter Lesego 'Coconut Kelz' is a success". Sunday Times. South Africa. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mnganga, Tholakele (1 February 2019). "'It's like, so much fun' – Lesego Tlhabi on her vlogging sensation Coconut Kelz". DRUM. Channel 24. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Hlalethwa, Zaza (1 Mar 2018). "The millennial satirist: Lesego Tlhabi". Mail & Guardian. South Africa. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ↑ Senne, Busang (February 2018). "YouTube Vlogger Coconut Kelz is 'Every White Person's BFF'". Cosmopolitan. South Africa. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ↑ Thamm, Marianne (8 May 2019). "Licence to offend: Coconut Kelz, the best thing to happen to SA comedy in a long while – are you ready?". The Daily Maverick. South Africa. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ↑ Dambuza, Nkosazana (18 March 2020). "Coconut Kelz's Guide to Surviving This Sh*thole: Book Review". YFM. Retrieved 25 May 2020.