Author Archives: inkanyiso2009

2014 Jan. 7: Wet Lesbian

Posted on January 7, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

    I Am… not Was. There is nothing as good as in like being seen by old friends looking great and happy. Mingling with friends (not fake ones) and also vacating are possible ways of getting rid of unnecessary … Continue reading →

Posted in Blackness, Body, Connections, Cultural activists, Evidence, Experience, Exposure, Expression, Homosexuality, Hope, Human body, Interpretation, Intervention, Life Stories, South African struggle, Textualizing Our Own Lives, We Are You, We Care, We Love Photography, Wet | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

2013 Jan. 5: ‘Just give me one round of sex, girls won’t satisfy you.’ – Perpetrator

Posted on January 5, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Lerato Dumse On the 1st January 2014 around 3pm, Sonto Mokoena (30) was sitting in Phiri section, Soweto with her cousins and friends she grew up with having celebrating New Year. They were having so much fun, and then … Continue reading →

Posted in Bail, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Lesbian Love Is Possible in South Africa, Lessons learnt, Life, Life Stories, Love, Love is a human right, Perception, Power of the Arts, Power of the Voice, Records and histories, Reflection | Tagged , | 7 Comments

2014 Jan. 2: Look at me

Posted on January 5, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

  Look at me Analyse me, look into my eyes See the lies, see what lays underneath my eyes Decode my lines because there is nothing but a manipulation of my lies Dictated by the life that was supposedly designed … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Activists Act, Before You, Cultural activists, Women who have sex with Women, Women's Arts In South Africa (WAISA), Women's power, Women; Voices; Writings; Education; Traditions; Struggles; Cultures, Writing is a Right | Tagged | 1 Comment

2014 Jan. 1: Bikinis, Brains and Curves

Posted on January 5, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

Where: Durban North beach. South Africa. When: 31st Dec. 2013 Featuring: Trans and gay identifying individuals. Camera used: Canon 6D with 85mm lens, f.stop: 2.8   Photos by Zanele Muholi Text by Lerato Dumse 2013 Dec. 29: Durban, South Africa. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, African, African Queer Beauty, As we are, Beauty | Tagged | 8 Comments

2013 Dec. 30: Beauties and the Beach…

Posted on December 31, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Jeremiah Sepotokele On the 29th December 2013 was a day I would never forget. I had a lot of issues with my body for the longest time, and when the Inkanyiso team took to the task of photographing hot … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Beauty, Brave, Collaborations, Exposure, Expression, Fashion, Feelings, Lessons learnt, Participants, Queer visibility, Queer Youth, Recognition, Records and histories, Relationships, Sharing knowledge, She, South African Artists, South African Black Female Photographers, Textualizing Our Own Lives, We Are You, We Care, We Love Photography | Tagged | 6 Comments

2013 Dec. 30: Promise & Mpho’s wedding photos

Posted on December 30, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

One of the most unique weddings we documented on the 22nd Dec. 2013 Related articles 2013 Dec. 22: Promise(d) Gift Previous Weddings 2013 Nov. 9: Ayanda & Nhlanhla’s wedding   and   2013 June 15: The Durban Lesbian Wedding of the Year … Continue reading →

Posted in Activists, Allies, Alternative family, Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Arts, As we are, Crea(c)tive senses, Creating awareness, Identity, Love, Love is a human right, Participants, Photo Expressions, Photography, Portrait, Power of the Voice, Queer visibility, Recognition, Records and histories, Visual history is a Right not a luxury, Visual Language, Visual Power, Visualizing public spaces, We Care, We Love Photography, We Still Can with/out Resources, We were (t)here, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi | Tagged | 1 Comment

2013 Dec. 22: ”Indlela enilingwa ngayo ukuba nibizwe ngezitabane”

Posted on December 27, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Londeka Dlamini Kube inkonzo emnandi kakhulu ebandleni i-Victory Ministries International eThekwini izolo kuyi Sonto lapho abazalwane benzela umfundisi kanye nowakwakhe inkonzo yokuzibongela (Thanks Giving). Izipho bezigcwele itafula zivela kubo abazalwane, injabulo nokubonga bekubhalwe emehlweni abo bonke. USandile Mthethwa obengumphathi … Continue reading →

Posted in Creating awareness, Creative Writing, God's will, Insika neDwala, Textualizing Our Own Lives, We Still Can with/out Resources, We were (t)here, Writing is a Right, Zulu, Zulu is a South African language | Tagged | 2 Comments

2013 Dec. 27: be with me

Posted on December 27, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

  On the train to New York from Albany The moment’s the movements, when silver lining hits the lake. Outlining your back 
forcing me 
to remember the last touch. When I washed your back, your feet swollen. You told me … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Is A Human Right, Committed, Difficult Love, Feelings, I was (T)here, Identity, Inner feelings, Life Stories, Our lives in the picture, Power of the Voice, Reflection, South Africa, Textualizing Our Own Lives, Writing is a Right | Tagged | 1 Comment

2013 Dec. 25: Christmas that was

Posted on December 26, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Charmain Carrol It is almost the end of Christmas day, I’m in the lounge with my new found family, and we are seven in the house listening to music, dancing, singing, drawing and writing. I guess doing the things … Continue reading →

Posted in As we are, Awareness workshops, Community, Creating awareness, Creative Writing, Documentation; Filming; Photography; Community, Dumped by friends, Emotional support, Evidence, Experience, Exposure, Expression, Gratitude, History, Homosexuality, Hope, Human rights, Inconsiderate, Interpretation, Intervention, Johannesburg, Knowledge, Patient, Sick, Sister, Speed recovery, Struggling activist | Tagged | 5 Comments

2013 Dec. 17: Inconceivable Self-Love?

Posted on December 25, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Jeremiah Sepotokele There is no sophisticated financial instrument that could ever explain the debt of self-love… The debt is claimable whenever the voices behind our humanity summons our souls to places of inferiority and insecurity… We long to imagine … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic, Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, As we are, Committed, Creating awareness | Tagged | 1 Comment