Nolubabalo Rani

Nolubabalo Rani is a graduate of the International School of Storytelling and Centre for Biographical Storytelling, co-host of The Story Club Cape Town and founder of Balisa Nathi Storytelling Collective. As a storyteller she performs in both English and isiXhosa, working with folktales and personal narratives.  Recently she published two books – a children’s story book, Ntente and Langa’s Friendship and an IsiXhosa storybook, Umntu Uyatshintsha. Nolubabalo is the chairperson of the Kwa-Faku Vulindlela Reading Club, an organisation which promotes literacy in the communities of Nyanga and Phillipi. She says she was blessed to grow up listening to stories from her grandfather who raised her. Her motto is “Stories are blessings to us, so tell a story to bless others.”