Category Archives: Expression

2014 July 26: The luxury was on another level at the 2014 Design Indaba

Posted on July 26, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

  Five months later… by Yaya Mavundla How often does a black transwoman from the rural areas get to meet Victoria Beckham in person; have breakfast in the same restaurant with Carlos Santana, fly around Cape Town in a helicopter? … Continue reading →

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2014 July 20: Wet Pride in Paris

Posted on July 20, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Lindeka Qampi 28/06/2014                                                                         … Continue reading →

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2014 July 18: Women’s Day lecture at UFS

Posted on July 18, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

    Featuring the  portrait of Siphiwe Mbatha, August House, Johannesburg, 2012 © Zanele Muholi     Previous lectures   2014 June 17:  Muholi’s Ryerson University (RIC) talk   and   2014 April 29:  Muholi to speak at UC San … Continue reading →

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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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 by Sebenzile Langa (previously known as Nkosi) As hard as it is, it is so worth it. My marimba band performed at this year’s Sasol Bird Fair 2014 and they have been performing at the festival since 2011. Every year they get better. … Continue reading →

Posted on June 30, 2014 by inkanyiso2009 | Leave a comment

2014 June 20: Spana my child

Posted on June 21, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Pam Dlungwana How do you describe Inkanyiso to a foreign audience? What is it? Is it an artist’s itch to get back into the activist pool because that is how they have framed their practice in the global sphere? … Continue reading →

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2014 May 26: I found myself at 22

Posted on May 26, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

  My name is Abongile Matyila. Abongile is a Xhosa name which means to be grateful. My uncle gave me that name. I’m a 22 year old Bachelor of Arts (BA) student studying at the University of Fort Hare, East London … Continue reading →

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2014 May 19: ‘Titleless’

Posted on May 24, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

“She won’t open up about anything that hurts so I’ve had to source alternative ways to understand the woman I love. She’s my calm, introverted soul who has mastered the persona of a swan – floats swiftly with grace and … Continue reading →

Posted in Communication strategies, Complicated Lesbian Relationships, Connected souls, Contributors, Crea(c)tive senses, Creative Writing, Democracy, Details, Experience, Expression, Fear, Feelings, Hope, Human Beings, I can't do it ALONE, Intellectualism, it means never existed, Lesbian Love Is Possible in South Africa, Lesbian Youth, Love is a human right | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

2014 May 18: Behind the beautiful face you see is a lesbian who is torn into a million pieces

Posted on May 18, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Lebo Leptie Phume   Sitting in this taxi my eyes fill with tears from thinking about where I come from. Things were easy for me while my grandmother and my mother were alive, I never had to hustle because I got … Continue reading →

Posted in Black & White, Black Lesbian soccer players in South Africa, Captioned, Creative Writing, Details, Expression, Faces & Phases portraits, Gender expression, History, Know Your SA Queer History, Knowledge, Our lives in the picture, Power of the Voice, Sharing knowledge, Sotho is a South African language, We Care, We Love Photography, We Still Can with/out Resources, We were (t)here, Writing is a Right | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 16 Comments

2014 May 7: Voices of Some Black Queer Born Frees

Posted on May 10, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Maureen Velile Majola   I was born in 1990 and am considered one of  “Mandela’s grandchildren” – a generation of children born at or after the fall of apartheid.  We are also known as the ‘born frees’.  The minute … Continue reading →

Posted in Details, Disappointment, Documentation; Filming; Photography; Community, Empowerment, Evidence, Exposure, Expression | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments