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Wired for story

Posted by olefile on Thursday, July 21, 2016, In : Africa 

People are story beings. Stories tell us who were are, where we come from and where we are going. But so often we divorce our stories from where we are and thus rob others from an enriching human experience.

Enriching human experiences are facilitated by events (history), spaces (geographical locations); and people. When we take a look back at some of our past experiences, our imaginations automatically recalls what was happening (events), where we were (spaces); and the peo...


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Development from the grassroots up

Posted by olefile on Wednesday, November 6, 2013, In : Africa 
I have been involved in youth and community development for 19 years. This career has seen me travel from small town to small town, city to city, village to village impacting lives of South Africa's youth through school-based programmes aimed at addressing among others HIV/AIDS, Sexuality, Self Image and Career counseling.

The organisations that I worked with may not have had all the money in the world to do the work they wanted to do in schools, however, they put their best foot foot forward ...
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My Cultural Heritage

Posted by olefile on Sunday, August 22, 2010, In : Africa 

It was a midsummer morning in the early 1900s when a young Malawian man called Nnaene Nyando went on a journey in search for greener pastures in other parts of Africa. In his mind Africa belonged to those who lived in it so the boarders were not going to stand in the way of his adventurous discovery. He crossed the Zambezi into Zimbabwe then into Seretse Khama’s Botswana where he met a radiant Motswana woman called Maikano. The two fell in love and had children who will later inherit this r...


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About Me


Olefile Masangane Olefile is a creative communicator, strategist and facilitator with an enormous experience in working with people of diverse backgrounds. He is part of Young & Able’s Dynamic Team of speakers and consultants. He started his people development career with Youth For Christ in 1995, where he traveled throughout South Africa doing lifeskills in schools, using creative mediums such as drama and dance. Olefile was also part of a very successful International Musical Band, Khanyisa touring USA and Slovakia in 2001. He has worked with The Salvation Army where he assisted in training teams and youth leaders in creative communication. He currently works with Young & Able as a consultant. He is involved in leadership development and is an excellent facilitator of creative concepts for strategy development and personal creativity. As a speaker he has dynamic stage presence and an ability to relate to big and small crowds.
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