Category Archives: Committed

2014 Feb.14: “Black South African visual artist lesbian, Zanele Muholi, in a transparent coffin of love and loss”

by Aluta Humbane Zanele Muholi, the 2013 Prince Claus Laureate, put on what could be best termed a conversation starter of an exhibition during the prestigious Prince Claus Laureate Award ceremony. The Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, H.E. … Continue reading

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2014 Jan. 29: Photos from exhibition opening at Wits Art Museum (WAM)

This gallery contains 28 photos.

Portfolio #1/2014 A photo album by Nqobile Zungu A BIG THANK YOU! Wednesday the 29th of January 2014 history was made at Wits Arts Museum (WAM) when the  queer & trans Art-iculations collaborative art for social change exhibition opened. What … Continue reading

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2014 Jan. 21: Living an active life

by Buli Vimbelela As the New Year has dawned on us, for many it is a time to reflect. Just like a few weeks ago we got to reflect back on the great life lost in Tata Nelson Mandela.  This … Continue reading

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2014 Jan. 10: Fighting on arrival

  by Donna A M Smith   Johannesburg, April 17, 2013 Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW), the black lesbian organisation I co-founded with my former partner, Zanele Muholi, in 2002, celebrated its 10th Anniversary last year. I was … Continue reading

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2013 Dec. 27: be with me

  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

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2013 Dec. 17: Inconceivable Self-Love?

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

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2013 Dec. 22: Promise(d) Gift

by Yaya Mavundla Two days before the wedding (19/12/13) everyone at Inkanyiso is confused about when the wedding is. Is it Saturday or Sunday, we contact a few people in Daveyton and NO one knows about the wedding. Then we … Continue reading

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2013 Dec. 3: A Queer African Reader book

Dear Friend, If you are interested in reviewing QAR, kindly write to Sokari Ekine: sokari@blacklooks.org Thank you!

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2013 Nov. 6: Moving On To Only Stay Behind

    There are amazing particles in life that we miss because we look too hard for all the wrongs of our past We compare two things from two different worlds Because we travel new roads with old shoes We … Continue reading

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