Betty Dlamini
Legacy Author Publisher | Macmillan Grand Prize-Winning Author | 39 Years | 30+ Publications | Turning Your Story Into Your Legacy
- Role
- Author Creative Practitioner at Macmillan
- Location
- Bloomington, IN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Betty Dlamini
I am an educator, author, and publisher committed to empowering individuals to reclaim their voice, shape their stories, and build legacies that outlive them.My work sits at the intersection of education, authorship, and legacy-centered leadership. For decades, I have supported students, professionals, leaders, and communities in articulating who they are, what they carry, and how their lives can be lived and passed forward with intention.At the heart of my work is a simple conviction:Voice is the beginning of authorship, and legacy is what continues through others.Through DrBetty Empowers and LaCwatha Legacy Press, I create spaces where insight becomes expression and experience becomes meaning. I work with individuals who are ready to move from silence to clarity, from lived experience to authored story, and from personal success to intergenerational impact.My background in education, research, curriculum design, and publishing informs how I guide others, not through performance or pressure, but through presence, reflection, and thoughtful structure.Whether you are: Clarifying your professional or academic voice Shaping a story meant to serve others Exploring authorship and publishing with purpose, or Building legacy-centered initiativesI believe the work begins by listening inward and then speaking with intention.If this resonates, I welcome meaningful connections and conversations.Empowering voices. Shaping stories. Building legacy.
Experience
Author Creative Practitioner
Jan 2008 — Present
Books, Performing Arts, Scholarly & Creative WorksMy creative and scholarly work spans books, anthologies, performance-based writing, and cultural projects. Across all formats, my focus has remained consistent: shaping stories that preserve knowledge, elevate voice, and carry meaning across generations.
Education
SOAS University of London
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), African Languages and Cultures: Women and Theatre for Development
2003 — 2008
University of Swaziland
Bachelor of Education - BEd, English Language and Literature, General
1994 — 1998
University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Honors in English Literature
1999 — 2001
University of Sussex
Master of Arts - MA, English Literature: 20th Century Literature
2001 — 2002
Skills
- Theatre
- Qualitative Research
- Student Affairs
- Curriculum Design
- Research
- Adult Education
- E-Learning
- Teaching
- Higher Education
- Editing
- Creative Writing
- Singing
- Public Speaking
- Tutoring
- Grant Writing
- Literature
- Publishing
- Curriculum Development
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