Mokgophana Ramasobana’s Bio
Fundamentally, my departed grandmother is principally responsible for the ethos I embrace to this very day. By ethos, I sequentially refer to the significance of God and respect for both self and humanity.
My basic education was attained in my village named Ga-Matlala Nkhumishe Kgomoschool. Interestingly, the quest for knowledge was triggered during my teenage years; I navigated the worldview through the reading of books and magazines including watching television. Unbeknown to me, their profound odour and breath provoked a conscience to reflect beyond self. Since then, I have embarked on a path to grapple with issues of inequality, social and economic exclusions through the myriad of lenses. For example, I always disliked the smell and rhythm of poverty written in the faces of poor families in my village. Why would other people have more than enough whilst others cannot make ends meet was the question. The broader question that continuously preoccupies my thoughts is “what is my role and contribution to the broader society?” Hence, I have embarked on a journey to nurture my academic skills, as an attempt to unpack the question. Hopefully, in due course I am of the view that life has a bigger meaning beyond self; moreover, Africa has the potential to achieve a complete developmental overhaul. At the core of that overhaul, my role is to use academia to nurture students with the objective to sharpen their skills necessary to the idealised development. Education is a panacea towards the developmental overhaul.
The aforementioned is an attempt to illustrate my passion to serve the people of Africa which have been embedded in me since my teenage life. As my grandmother would say;” I am a prisoner of hope”. I am on an academic self-development path, which seeks to enable me to serve the marginalised. In this education path, one needs to ensure that it caters to all particularly the marginalised. The aim is to demystify the education myths and to inculcate the fact that previously marginalised students are capable to navigate the education landscape. This is premised largely on my personal journey and experiences, I have encountered a myriad of impediments in my path to pursue academia. Hence, my commitment to play a minimal role towards the broader development. In summary, I hope to lead a life that lives and serves my people. In that way, I will honour the principles learnt from my grandmother. Currently, I am studying towards a Masters of Management specialising in Monitoring and Evaluation with the aim to pursue a PhD henceforth. Therefore, the Umama Wothando Trust bursary funding has unlocked the financial impediments and empowered me to focus on the academic task ahead. Hence, I am eternally grateful for their immense contribution.
Fundamentally, my departed grandmother is principally responsible for the ethos I embrace to this very day. By ethos, I sequentially refer to the significance of God and respect for both self and humanity.
My basic education was attained in my village named Ga-Matlala Nkhumishe Kgomoschool. Interestingly, the quest for knowledge was triggered during my teenage years; I navigated the worldview through the reading of books and magazines including watching television. Unbeknown to me, their profound odour and breath provoked a conscience to reflect beyond self. Since then, I have embarked on a path to grapple with issues of inequality, social and economic exclusions through the myriad of lenses. For example, I always disliked the smell and rhythm of poverty written in the faces of poor families in my village. Why would other people have more than enough whilst others cannot make ends meet was the question. The broader question that continuously preoccupies my thoughts is “what is my role and contribution to the broader society?” Hence, I have embarked on a journey to nurture my academic skills, as an attempt to unpack the question. Hopefully, in due course I am of the view that life has a bigger meaning beyond self; moreover, Africa has the potential to achieve a complete developmental overhaul. At the core of that overhaul, my role is to use academia to nurture students with the objective to sharpen their skills necessary to the idealised development. Education is a panacea towards the developmental overhaul.
The aforementioned is an attempt to illustrate my passion to serve the people of Africa which have been embedded in me since my teenage life. As my grandmother would say;” I am a prisoner of hope”. I am on an academic self-development path, which seeks to enable me to serve the marginalised. In this education path, one needs to ensure that it caters to all particularly the marginalised. The aim is to demystify the education myths and to inculcate the fact that previously marginalised students are capable to navigate the education landscape. This is premised largely on my personal journey and experiences, I have encountered a myriad of impediments in my path to pursue academia. Hence, my commitment to play a minimal role towards the broader development. In summary, I hope to lead a life that lives and serves my people. In that way, I will honour the principles learnt from my grandmother. Currently, I am studying towards a Masters of Management specialising in Monitoring and Evaluation with the aim to pursue a PhD henceforth. Therefore, the Umama Wothando Trust bursary funding has unlocked the financial impediments and empowered me to focus on the academic task ahead. Hence, I am eternally grateful for their immense contribution.