Pule Welch | The Speakers Firm

MEET Nicholas “Pule” Welch

South African comedian, rapper, actor and presenter known for various appearances on television and on the stand-up comedy circuit.

Nicholas Pule Welch is a South African comedian, rapper, actor and presenter known for various appearances on television and on the stand-up comedy circuit.

He is also known by his stage name Gwaza Juse, a member of the Meadowlands hip hop group Third Wave. He hosted the 2012 and 2013 South African Hip-Hop Awards.

In 2015 he was the co-host of the SABC1 documentary series Mi Kasi Su Kasi.

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Nicholas “Pule” Welch

Comedian

Comedy

Media

A Q&A with local multilinguist and lyricist Pule Welch

"Distinctions between languages are political. They're about power, not about grammar"

Indigenous alphabet on the cards for SA

A group of South African linguists, software programmers and designers have been working for the past two years on a new indigenous writing system that could soon become recognised officially.

Pule: black man in a white body

Pule is a black man trapped in a white man's body - Nicholas Richard Holmes Welch's specifically.

Milestones & Achievements

In recognition of his achievements, Pule was awarded:

Theatre performer with a degree in Dramatic Arts from Wits University (BADA Hons) and training at Helikos school of performing arts in Florence, Italy (Red Nose Clowning with Elizabeth Baron).

2013

Theatre plays (‘Ster City’, ‘Sans Doute’, ‘Quand Meme’) touring 19 different countries in Africa and 6 different cities in France, including at the Festival d’Avignon

Rapper and producer in Meadowlands, Soweto based hip-hop group 3rd Wave with three independent releases and features on upcoming releases by the likes of Amu

Collaboration as a rapper on jazz luminary, Marcus Wyatt’s Language 12 album ‘Maji Maji in the Land of Milk and Honey’ and with the band Bomshelter Beast that includes Siya Makuzeni and Pitch Black Afro.

Beatmaker for 3rd Wave and other local hip-hop acts, using the Akai MPC2500 and Ensoniq ASR-10 samplers and vinyl records.

2011

Award winning linguist (LSSA Young Linguist of the Year 2011) with an Honours degree from Wits University specialising in phonology of African languages, currently completing a Masters by dissertation at the University of Cape Town entitled “The Secret Languages of South Africa”

2011

Co-director of isibheqe.org – a website devoted to the indigenous South African writing system which is a decolonial alternative literacy.

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