Author Archives: inkanyiso2009

2013 July 26: Muholi wins another award

… this time it is the local one issued in absentia by Glamour magazine. Sibonelo Muholi received it on behalf of Zanele. Read more about The 6th Annual Glamour of the Year Awards 2013   Latest article and interview featuring … Continue reading

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2013 July 23: I shot the innocent cows

Am still trying to find the truths of what cows means to all of us, as consumers… Please share your thoughts and  help with captions wherever possible. photos by Zanele Muholi (2013.07.22) Location: Colenso, KwaZulu Natal Cameras used:  Canon 6D … Continue reading

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2013 July 24: Black Lawyers Association’s Queer agenda

There were so many questions but limited time after the panelists, Noma Phakade (GALA) and Chief Justice Edwin Cameron presented their work to a group of law students at Wits University. Dominic Khumalo, founding member of BLA took the last … Continue reading

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2013 July 24: Letters of support for @ 25 from fellow activists and allies

On 21st March 2013, Inkanyiso sent out invitation letters and call for help to different organisations to host @25 event to commemoration the lives of Busi Sigasa & Buhle Msibi.  Some responded to the call by sending letters of support. … Continue reading

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2013 July 22: In whom can I still trust opened

by Lerato Dumse From Nazi camps, Germany to Apartheid,  South Africa and currently the democratic SA LGBT community is suffering from ongoing atrocities and painful residues of bloody ‘curative rapes’ and brutal hate crimes. Today marks exactly 22 days since … Continue reading

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2013 July 20: Lesbian samaritans reaches out to the Zozo family

It is a exactly a week since we buried Duduzile Zozo in Thokoza. Two young black lesbian couple,  Andile Tlouw & Twana Zungu, who attended the funeral were so touched by the family’s desperation for help. They then contacted Inkanyiso … Continue reading

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2013 July 20: The video of Duduzile Zozo’s funeral

http://youtu.be/5IW_W0mkExc A week on after the funeral and yet no arrest have been made. Previous on Duduzile Zozo’s murder, memorial and funeral 2013 July 30: 30 Days later no arrests yet for Duduzile Zozo’s murder and 2013 July 13: Picturing Duduzile … Continue reading

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2013 July 20: I’ve lived with her for years

I’ve been there before Allowed it to rule my life I gave in to it Let it take full control of my entire being Once upon a life I lost all self conscience my body was ruled by a force … Continue reading

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2013 July 19: Muholi’s birthday and wishes

… the beat goes on and we are growing together bafowethu.

Posted in As we are, Before You, Birthday, Black Lesbians, Collaborations, Collectivism, Crea(c)tive senses, Evidence, Love, Media works, Power of the Voice, ReClaim Your Activism, Records and histories, Relationships, Visual history, Visual history is a Right not a luxury, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Women who have sex with Women, Writing is a Right | Tagged | 4 Comments

2013 July 19: When loving her is so wrong

I find myself wanting to hold her hand, yearning to show the world that she is mine. But they are watching, I am afraid that they will hurt us for being in love. I stop myself from running into her … Continue reading

Posted in Complicated Lesbian Relationships, Crea(c)tive senses, Creative Writing, Exposure, Interpretation, Johannesburg, Love, Our lives in the picture, ReClaim Your Activism, Relationships, Visual history is a Right not a luxury, We Are You, We Care, Writing is a Right, Youth voices | Tagged , | 3 Comments