Faye is an innovative, multi-disciplinary creative practitioner whose work centres on identity, accessibility, and youth engagement.
Faye Kabali-Kagwa is a South African-Ugandan cultural curator based in Cape Town. Her work is embedded in a social practice that seeks innovative, interdiscplinary platforms where creative production and audience engagement meaningfully intersect. Faye has a decade of experience in managing projects supporting the development, access, and educational support for theatre for young audiences. In 2023 she curated ASSITEJ South Africa's international theatre festival for young audiences, Cradle of Creativity. Youth voices have been a hallmark of her work. Finding ways to connect with audiences has also meant experimenting with different formats and mediums - these have included WhatsApp as both a theatrical space and exhibition platform, recreating video jockeying in a public mall, and using nail art as a form of accessible art production.
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Faye has networks across Africa, Europe, and North America such as ASSITEJ, ISPA, the Pan African Creative Exchange, Salzburg Global Forum, and the African Festival Network. Faye is invested in the narratives and experiences of African people across the world. Faye is serving on the curatorial team for the 2026 edition of Theater der Welt, Germany's most important international theatre festival.
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Awards
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2024 Artfluence Youth Arts Activist Human Rights Award recipeint
2021 Mail & Guardian Top 200 Young South Africans​
2019 Salzburg Global Seminar Cultural Innovator Fellow
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