Category Archives: Abantu

2013 April 15: Even…!!!

Posted on April 16, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Even if life has given up on you, that doesn’t mean give up on yourself. Even if the dreams you have don’t make sense to you, don’t stop dreaming. Even if you feel like you don’t have a vision, that … Continue reading →

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2013 April 2: Visuals from VMCI 2013 Easter weekend

Posted on April 16, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Charmain Carrol & Nqobile Zungu Related article by Lerato Dumse 2013 April 2: Do good even when faced with difficulties and Victory Ministries Church International (VMCI)

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2013 March 28: Inkanyiso members at work

Posted on April 13, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

L-R: Thuli & Lerato L-R: Ricki & Chuma L-R: Muholi, TP, Ntombi & Lesego L-R: Charmain, Ricki & Chuma L-R: Ntombi & Lesego L-R: Malik and Botshabelo Visuals by Nqobile Zungu captured at the HIVOS LGBTI activists capacity building training … Continue reading →

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2013 April 10: Another black lesbian activist has fallen

Posted on April 11, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Report by Christie van Zyl As fellow South Africans especially members of African National Congress commemorates 20 years of Chris Hani’s brutal killing in Boksburg, Johannesburg (April 10, 2013). Freegender members, allies and the black lesbian community at large gathered … Continue reading →

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2011 May 11: Inkanyiso in solidarity with African human rights defenders

Posted on April 9, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Kampala, UGANDA Human rights defenders; Activists and allies singing ‘We are the World’, the night when Anti-homosexuality Bill was thrown out of the parliament. A video produced live by Inkanyiso (2011)

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Posted on April 8, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

I take photographs to remember those who cannot speak freely and to be remembered. I believe photography to be my first language, a calling that I received from my ancestors so that I could voice my issues and concerns. Whatever … Continue reading →

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2013 April 3: Time, love and pain

Posted on April 3, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Bathini Dambuza A cold winter night, all alone in my room I think of her, I think of me Me and her the joy and headache of reality The heartache of what is in front of me Pain of … Continue reading →

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2013 April 2: Of Hyperbole in Activism

Posted on April 1, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

I am the issue you set out to address, But somewhere you lost me, this much you must confess You used to desire, to bring about some change But now you’ll discover that things remain the same.   You’re stuck … Continue reading →

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2013 March 30: Imfihlo yesiphambano

Posted on March 30, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Imfihlo yesiphambano Lesi siphambano siyi mfihlo esobala Sithi sisobala siyindida ecacile Sithi sicacile kanti siyesinda silula Abasithatha ngeqiniso likaqiniso Abalahlekelani neqiniso lika ntanyiso Abakwesweli ukukhanya bha kwaso Abayigqizi qakala imiswazi yezwe Ezabo izindlebe zishukwa ze zizwe Imfihlo yaso isekuuphambaneni kwaso … Continue reading →

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2013 March 30: A response to Definitely Not Gaysbian article

Posted on March 30, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Nthabiseng Mokoena On the 1st of March 2013, we at Transgender and Intersex Africa  read a piece on the Inkanyiso website titled “Definitely Not Gaysbian”.The article was interesting as it discussed one of the most “taboo” subject within South African … Continue reading →

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