Donald Molosi

Donald Leungo Gosego Molosi (born 11 December 1985) is an actor, writer and playwright from Botswana. Molosi debuted off-Broadway in 2010 as Philly Lutaaya in Today It's Me

In 2011, Molosi won the Best Short Solo Award at United Solo Theatre Festival for his performance as Seretse Khama in Blue, Black and White. In 2013, Molosi returned off-Broadway to perform Motswana: Africa, Dream Again. He played supporting roles in the films A United Kingdom (2016) and Given (2009). As a playwright, Molosi has published a collection of his original off-Broadway plays, which include We Are All Blue, Blue, Black and White He holds a Diploma in Classical acting from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, In 2021 Molosi completed an MA in Creative Writing at Brunel University in the United Kingdom, thorough a Chevening scholarship.

Early life and background Donald Molosi was born the last child of 2 in Mahalapye, Botswana, in 1985 and attended Maru a Pula School in Gaborone, Botswana, before continuing his education in London and the United States of America. From a young age, Molosi demonstrated a natural performance flair and by the age of 16, he was already touring with arts festivals, including the Maitisong Festival in Gaborone, with The Company Maitisong, where Molosi was also co-writing plays, and the National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, South Africa. Molosi made a radio and television appearances at a young age becoming the youngest person on the airwaves as a radio announcer at Yarona FM. Fragments is based on children's rights in Botswana. With the critical acclaim that Fragments earned, Molosi was invited to New York City for the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children and he had a grand performance of the same play with world leaders such as former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and former South African President Nelson Mandela in attendance.

Career Molosi has won several regional, national and international awards as a playwright, actor and writer. In addition to his early awards, he won Best Actor at the Dialogue One Festival in Massachusetts for his portrayal of Sir Seretse Khama 2008; the Sanford Prize for Excellence in Theater 2009 about the life of Uganda's music superstar where he won the Robert Potter Playwriting Award. Motswana Africa, Dream Again earned Molosi a publication deal by Mantle Books for We Are All Blue, Motswana: Africa, Dream Again and Blue, Black and White in 2012. Molosi's Broadway credits include Motswana: Africa, Dream Again (2012) and Damn Yankees (2004). His Hollywood engagements which are not limited to A United Kingdom (2016) with David Oyelowo, and he has been dedicated to promoting GAMBIT: Newer African Writing, an anthology of African short stories in which Molosi's Back To Love is published. on Africa Day, on 25 May 2017. The following day it debuted throughout Africa on Multichoice DStv. This documentary carries the last televised interview with the late former President of Botswana Sir Ketumile Masire. The documentary has since premiered at Ditshwanelo Human Rights Festival 2017 and made its debut in the cinema on 17 August 2017 in conjunction with the Dalai Lama's first visit to Botswana. The conference was about Ubuntu/Botho, an African way of life that the documentary explores in modern Botswana.

Molosi wrote "We Have Known Ironies" piece in Saraba Magazine in 2011 to shed light on African diversity through multiple narratives that debunk the misconception of Africa as a monolithic block. He delivered a keynote address at Bucknell University Pennsylvania's Black History Month on the theme of Postcolonial African Performance as an Archive in 2012. In January 2017, Molosi's "Dear Upright Africa" was published online and it called for the inclusion of African history in the African classroom. In March 2017, he was invited to TEDxGaborone, where he expanded his grand idea of African History inclusion in school curriculum starting from Botswana and extending across Africa. Subsequently, he officially delegated the Upright African Movement on 19 August in Gaborone, Botswana during the Mind and Life Dialogue with the 14th Dalai Lama.

Molosi is a polyglot with fluency in Setswana, Swahili, French and English. He is conversational in Zulu and Ndebele, and understands Kalanga. "Beetroot Salad" 2015 Bessie Head Short Story Awards "The Biggest Continent" 2015 United Solo Theatre Festival Special Mention Honor "Actor with the most off-Broadway solo appearances since 2010" Honoured 2014 KBL St Louis Top 40 Under 40 Awards "The 40 most influential young people in Botswana" Honoured 2014 Federation of European Carnival Cities "Best International Performer" 2013 Dilling Yang Prize "Excellence in Playwriting" 2012 Robert Potter Playwriting Award "Today It's Me" 2011 United Solo Theatre Festival The coveted Best Actor Award "Blue, Black and White" 2011 United Solo Theatre Festival Best Solo Award off-Broadway "Blue, Black and White" 2009 Ruth Scott Memorial Prize in Theatre "Excellence in Theatre" 2009 Florence H. Chandler Fellowship "Excellence in Theatre" 2009 Dialogue ONE Festival Massachusetts Best Actor "Blue, Black and White" 2009 Sanford Prize "Excellence in Playwriting" 2003 Khama Brilliant Spirit Prestigious Presidential Award] "Contribution to the arts in Botswana"