Category Archives: Art is Queer

2014 July 12: Being treated like a Queen in Durban

Posted on July 16, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Sfiso ‘Candice’ Nkosi It is Thurs. 26th June 2014, my friend, Precious Maqojana and I left for Durban Pride from Johannesburg Park Station at 22:00. We stopped in Montrose for some refreshments and a bathroom break. I was starting … Continue reading →

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2014 July 14: A healer is laid to rest

Posted on July 15, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

All photos by Charmain Carrol 12/07/2014                                                                   May … Continue reading →

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2014 July 7: Inkanyiso revived the culture of reading and writing

Posted on July 7, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

  What started as a hobby and mission to be read and recognized lead to a therapeutic process. Inkanyiso has grown from just a simple blog to a major information hub. I was thinking of how I could start an … Continue reading →

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2014 June 27: A classy night at the Singapore O.P.E.N

Posted on June 29, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Fikile Mazambani “I feel like I am receiving an award from Singapore” At the invitation of Ong Keng Sen, the director of the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA), Zanele Muholi arrived in Singapore on Friday, 20 June to … Continue reading →

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2014 April 27: Unanswered questions

Posted on May 2, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

  Why are we getting killed? When you kill me according to faith you kill only the body a loving heart remains my soul remains Why are we getting killed? When you kill me you are killing a natural being … Continue reading →

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2014 April 9: Born for this

Posted on April 10, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

  by Lebohang ‘Leptie’ Phume   I have attended fashion shows before but never of this magnitude. Attending the SA Fashion Week on 4th & 5th April 2014 at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Rosebank, Johannesburg. The other event was South African … Continue reading →

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2014 April 5: “We are being killed for nothing”

Posted on April 8, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

  A impression by Signe Tveskov __________________________ Performance: Maureen Velile Majola & Jelena Kuljic Video: “Isililo” by Zanele Muholi Where:  Constanza Macraz/ Dorkypark – Studio 44. Berlin   Heavy sounds of breathing. The sounds are somehow disturbing. We don’t know if it … 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 14: A video of Ayanda and Nhlanhla Moremi’s wedding

Posted on March 14, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

  4 months later … marital bliss. Ayanda Magoloza got married to Nhlanhla Moremi on the 9th Nov. 2013 in Katlehong. They exchanged the vows at Kwanele Park in Katlehong. Their wedding union was blessed by Pastor Tebogo Moema of Dominion … Continue reading →

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2014 March 13: my love is electric

Posted on March 14, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene © 2013   my love is electric supernova/ written in lightning across charcoal sky my love is a flower forever in bloom even in the dead of winter underwater or on pluto my love is … Continue reading →

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