Longobozi

Biograph - Cece Celestina Dube

Born Cebile Fanisile Longobozi Dube, she is the Founder and creative director of Emasikweni Arts and culture emporium. She graduated with an LLB (law) degree from the University of Swaziland in 2008. Next, she graduated with a Bcom Marketing degree from the university of Witwatersrand, South Africa. In 2015, She started a career in authorship, and self-published an autobiography, entitled 20 years in Sunday school. That would lead her to write even more books for various entrepreneurs’ ns publishing houses, with the intention of branding them as masters in their niches. In 2017, She then pursued a writing course in languages and creative writing, with UC Berkley, through distance learning.

She then began writing creative fiction and non-fiction, as well as poetry, music lyrics, stage plays and articles to be published in mainstream media. In 2015, she was featured on the S.A FM radio weekly book club for authors. As a cultural activist and commentator, Cece has written and published numerous articles and abstracts, the most recent entitled; Creative Economy Reset she produced for the South African Cultural Observatory. She is also a scriptwriter for live shows and stage plays, her most recent stage play being the highly acclaimed and awarded king Kheswa

Her career in the performing arts started very early in life. She landed leading roles in all the stage plays at church and became the lead vocalist in the weekly church presentation where she sang as a Sunday school member. That lasted over 20 years, a fact carefully detailed in her autobiography; 20 Years In Sunday School. That would lead her to become a recording artist later in life. Her music is in the indigenous languages, with a few others written in English. It interrogates the status quo in various spheres of life, particularly women’s rights in society and cultural identity. It also celebrates other areas of African culture and heritage. She sees her as advocacy and activism in the arts.

She served in various leadership roles, dating to when she was a student representative councilor at university. She now plays an influential role in the protection and promotion of indigenous arts and culture by teaching indigenous arts and culture, indigenous song writing, indigenous dance and crafting of indigenous and traditional regalia to the community in low-income communities.
Her two-fold mission is to help preserve indigenous art forms and improve and progress with the times to in still modern touches to traditional outfits, in order to use indigenous aesthetics to produce high quality corporate gifts.

She has acquired experience in curating international festivals, and has worked in various local and international festivals, including; Basha Uhuru annual festival, at the constitution hill in Johannesburg, as well as the Umgidvo; The indigenous traditional music and dance festival, to be held annually, starting in December 2022. Her most recent successful event is the recent Indigenous Arts Fest JHB held in Johannesburg. Her recent international studies include the Atelier for young Festival...