Onkemetse Lekone

Multidisciplinary artist and cultural strategist Onkemetse Lekone (Onkie) works across magazine design, copywriting, music curation, and cultural strategy. Founder of Botaki Magazine, a digital publication under Botaki Media Agency exploring art, music, culture, and storytelling through intentional African lens, her work centers on perspective, emotional truth, and cultural documentation. Using media as tool to preserve narratives and connect communities, she contributes to shaping contemporary creative conversations through design, writing, and sound. She drives culture forward by challenging surface-level narratives, creating space for deeper, more intentional storytelling that expands understanding, reflects lived experience, and encourages meaningful engagement with culture.