Uvile Ximba

Uvile Memory Samkelisiwe Ximba is a creative practitioner; a theatre maker, author, and vocal artist. She holds an Honours degree in Politics and International Relations and Dramatic Arts. Her thesis was on creative approaches as dialogue for LGBTQIA+ Intimate Partner Violence. This thesis, ‘Beyond the Rainbow: Creative Approaches as Dialogue for LGBTQIA+ Intimate Partner Violence’, was published in the Journal Of Contemporary African Studies in 2021.

In 2020, her debut novel, Dreaming In Colour, was published by Modjaji Books, telling the story of Langa, a young woman navigating relationships, self, and memory. It is Langa's story of coming out to herself, of discerning the history behind the closed door of conscious memory. The novel has been longlisted for the 2022 Sunday Times Literary Award for Fiction. It is scheduled for release in the United States with Interlink Publishers in March 2023. Her short story, A Ndumbe Meeting, is forthcoming in the Afritondo Short Story Prize 2022 anthology, Rain Dance.

Tsibinki_ is a digital platform that Uvile founded and runs, sharing opportunities for African creatives on the continent and across the diaspora. She prioritises interdisciplinary praxis and continues to seek and discover her spirituality in her work.

In another life, Uvile was a cat.

Instagram: @memory_that_heard