Category Archives: Art Edutainment

2014 April 29: Muholi to speak at UC San Diego

Posted on April 28, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

  Previous articles   2014 Feb.4: Black Queer Born Frees in South Africa   and   2014 March 18: Sharing South African Queer Knowledge with students in America   and   Photo of the Day from Human Rights and LGBTI in Sub-Saharan … Continue reading →

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2014 April 5: ‘Sifela i Ayikho’ photos

Posted on April 6, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

  L-R: Jelena Kuljic and Maureen Velile Majola at backstage before their performance at Studio 44, Constanza Macras in Berlin last night.      Jelena Kuljic about to sing “Senzeni na?”  Maureen Majola lit the candles and prayed hard… God … Continue reading →

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2014 March 13: SA Black Lesbian invades San Francisco

Posted on March 15, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

… that is Selaelo ‘Sly’ Mannya sharing knowledge with Lyric SF LGBT Youth. Last night I met a group of students ranging between ages 14 to 18. They are part of a collective called The Lyric SF Youth , which … Continue reading →

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2014 March 12: Photos from SF Jazz Center – Artist Talk

Posted on March 13, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

  “What is your perception of South Africa? What exactly do you think we do there?… We actually have an airport, we didn’t come here on an airboat.” ~@slypod Photos by Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene (in the audience) Camera used: … Continue reading →

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2014 March 5: More than an activist…

Posted on March 7, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Fikile Mazambani At the behest of Maurita N Poole, a Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow for Diversity in the Arts, Zanele Muholi brought her series; Faces and Phases, Beulahs and Being to the Williams College Art Museum (WCAM) in Williamstown, Massachusetts … Continue reading →

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2014 Jan.29: Education is primal

Posted on March 4, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

  by Tapuwa Moore Edited by Fikile Mazambani Tsohang tu yerr man! Personally I do not advocate for my freedom, I only have an urgent need for human rights based society. Maybe being a marginalized person; a lesbian, a black … Continue reading →

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2014 Feb.28: Isiphiwo Sami

Posted on March 2, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

This short documentary is an exploration of Black Queers in SA (Beauties)… Queerizing Public Spaces. Produced in Durban in 2013, an exchange between black trans/ femme gay identifying persons from Durban and Johannesburg. Continuous documentation of Inkanyiso Productions celebrating our … Continue reading →

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2014 Feb.15: “ Of Love & Loss” review

Posted on March 1, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Nomfundo Mgabadeli   The Wits Arts Museum and the Stevenson Gallery in Johannesburg played host to one of the most talented, hard-working, passionate visual artist activist of today, Zanele Muholi. Muholi unveiled her latest offering, titled “Of Love and … Continue reading →

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2014 Jan.15: African Leadership Academy seminar

Posted on January 16, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

Photos by Yaya Mavundla &…

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2013 Dec. 23: Jingle bells for Trans-Bi-Gay-Les this Christmas…

Posted on December 24, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Yaya Mavundla I remember two decades ago when I was 5 years old; I didn’t know what Christmas meant. All I knew was that my granny will buy me nice clothes. On Christmas day we would go to church, … Continue reading →

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