Serati Maseko is a multifaceted South African artist and “artivist’’ using the mediums of music, literature, and performance art to explore the human condition, and to hold a mirror to humanity. Her upbringing was divided between different parts of Johannesburg, as well as Boston Massachusetts in USA, and London, England; this gave her a diverse, multi-cultural and trans-continental upbringing which informs her art as well as her politics. Her art is the truest expression of her inner world, but also the world in which she lives, the world that has formed her. Her motivation is always simply to be as honest as she can be while telling the stories that matter to her. African Face, Colonial Tongue is a piece about the intersection of language, identity, and culture; it explores her inner struggle to find her place somewhere within the richness of her ethnic cultural heritage, and a global culture which increasingly defines the way we identify. Throughout history thousands of languages, like the traditions they belonged to, have faded and/or been absorbed into more dominant cultures; to what extent should languages be preserved for their intrinsic value, and to what extent should they simply be seen as a tool to communicate? This question was the motivation for the piece.