Keynote speaker and music storyteller.
Schools, corporates, leadership groups, media audiences and organisations seeking engaging sessions on music, culture and personal insight.
Sean Brokensha is a South African music historian, media professional and motivational speaker whose career spans radio, television and live entertainment dating back to the mid 1980s. As a writer, producer and director, he has contributed to programming for major international networks including the BBC and CBS, as well as all leading local broadcasters. Over the past two decades he has become a familiar voice and on-screen presence through his music-focused radio and television shows on SAFM, Cape Talk, Mnet Mzansi and ETV.
Sean is widely recognised for his long-running Musicguru feature on Talk Radio 702, a platform he has held since 1999. His signature approach blends musicology, cultural analysis and personal narrative, weaving together history, media and lived experience in pre- and post-1994 South Africa. This layered style enables audiences to see familiar songs and eras through a new lens, often revealing powerful emotional and social connections.
As a speaker and entertainer, Sean has created more than 20 full-length shows that have reached audiences ranging from teenagers to senior citizens.
Sean Brokensha has worked in radio, television and live entertainment since the mid 80’s, primarily as a television writer, producer and director, for amongst others the BBC, CBS and all the main local broadcasters.
For the past two decades, Sean has presented radio and TV shows specifically about music, on a variety of stations, including SAFM, Cape Talk, Mnet Mzani and ETV.
However, he is best known for the regular Musicguru’ feature, which he presented on Talk Radio 702 since 1999.
Sean Brokensha always tried to draw together music, history, media, popular culture, and his own experiences in pre- and post- 1994 South Africa, to weave a story that has meaning, entertains and reminds in an intensely personal way.
These schools have included St. Stithians, St. Johns, Hilton, Kingsmead, Rhodean, King David, and Saheti, as well as developmental organisations such as CIDA University.
As a motivational speaker and entertainer Sean has put together over 20 full length shows, for a diversity of groups. These have ranged across a wide diversity of audiences from teenagers to octogenarians.
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