Yonela Makoba

Yonela Makoba is a multidisciplinary artist from Mthatha, now based in Cape Town, South Africa. Holding a BSc in Environmental and Geographic Science from the University of Cape Town. Her practice encompasses photography, performance art, installation, mixed media, and printmaking, engaging deeply with themes of memory, indigenous knowledge systems, and the body. Makoba’s research investigates the intersections of personal and collective memory through an ethnographic lens.