Background
She grew up in Athlone, a suburb of Cape Town.
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Toni Stuart
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After she finished high school, Toni studied Journalism at CPUT from 2001 until 2003.
Career
She has stated that she aims to encourage others to find their own voice by offering inspirational creative workshops. Stuart started writing poetry from the age of fifteen. Even from a young age her work has shown a consistent interest in dealing with issues of social inequality.
In 2002 she was one of a chosen few to take part in the African/European Relations exchange programme with Fonty"s Hogescholen Joernalistiek in Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Initially, Toni worked as a journalist and as a developer of the youth in the non-governmental organization sector. She now follows her passion for poetry full-time.
Toni Stuart is inspired by poets, such as Janet East. Aalfs, Audre Llorde, Anis Mojgani, Jacob Sam-Louisiana Rose, Gabeba Baderoon, Antjie Krog, Lemn Sissay, Kelwyn Sole, Rustum Kozain, Doctorate"bi Young, Diana Ferrus, and Mary Oliver. She gains musical encouragement from musicians by the likes of John Mayer, Miles Davis, Kyle Shepherd, Arvo Pärt, Jenni Thompson, Gregory Porter, Damien Rice, Rachmaninov.
Toni further gains inspiration from visual artists such as Burning Museum, Ernestine White, Firdous Hendricks, Anthony Gormley, and Shantell Martin.
Her female role-models are Malika Ndlovu, Tina Schouw, and Shelley Barry.
