country

South Africa

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  • 2012–2015: Bachelor of Commerce (Undergraduate) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and Bachelor of Honours (Postgraduate) in Political Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • President of the Student Representative Council and one of the leaders of the #FeesMustFall protests 
  • 2016: Recognised as Mail and Guardian's Top 200 Young South Africans 
  • 2017: Co-founder of The Mbegu Platform – a startup and incubator for socially impactful ideas
  • 2018: Movies That Matter Film Festival Activist Award for “Everything Must Fall
  • 2018–2019: Master of Science in African Studies with a focus on Political Economy, Oxford University, UK
  • 2020: Director of short documentary “Hunger a Silent Pandemic” at Uhuru Productions 
  • 2022: Mentee, Director and Writer at the African School of Storytelling (AFRISOS) in Tanzania 
  • 2023: Independent Producer and Director of documentary feature film (in production) “Babu Komba - A Stranger in Zanzibar”

email

shaeerakalla@gmail.com