Mashudu Takalani returned to her ancestral village of Mazwimba as a widow with a young son. Despite the odds stacked against her by a patriarchal power structure, she instigated a transformative revival of indigenous seed that has restored women to their rightful, respected roles in the community.

Honouring a treasured ancestor of the African Earth Jurisprudence Collective: a courageous advocate for the connection between ecological and social justice