Category Archives: Organizations

2013 Feb. 1: Maybe it was not meant to be!

Posted on February 5, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Charmain Carrol I am back from Europe and am reflecting on all the things I did, people I met, and what a wonderful and productive time I had.  But I cannot stop thinking about how this trip almost never … Continue reading →

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2014 Jan. 10: Fighting on arrival

Posted on January 22, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

  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 Nov. 25 South Africa: Video on Gender Violence

Posted on November 26, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

According to HRW direct email distributed recently, the work … Highlights Campaign; Documents Award-Winning Photographer’s Work (Johannesburg, November 25, 2013) – Human Rights Watch today released a short film that explores the work of the award-winning South African photographer and … Continue reading →

Posted in "We'll Show You You're a Woman”, Another Approach Is Possible, As we are, Homosexuality, Human Rights Watch, Know Your SA Queer History, Knowledge, Lerato Dumse, Limpopo, Organizations, Our lives in the picture, Thekwane Mpisholo, Tumi Nkopane | Tagged | 11 Comments

2013 Oct. 7: Art enthusiasts converged

Posted on October 15, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Lerato Dumse “I was in a very abusive relationship and in love with a certain person. When mama came to Joburg after receiving a threatening call, my ex lover told her that she was madly in love with me. … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Another Approach Is Possible, Archiving Queer Her/Histories in SA, Art Activism in South Africa, Art Edutainment, Art Is A Human Right, Art is Queer, Before You, Being Scene, Chosen FEW, Experience, Exposure, Expression, Faces & Phases portraits, From Johannesburg to Chicago, History, Homosexuality, Interpretation, Know Your SA Queer History, Lerato Dumse, Networking, Organizations, Our lives in the picture, Penetrating mainstream spaces, Photography, Politics of representation, Power of the Arts, Power of the Voice, Presentations, Professional black lesbians in South Africa, South African Black Female Photographers, Speaking for ourselves, Textualizing Our Own Lives, Visual history is a Right not a luxury, Visual Power, Visualizing public spaces, We Are You, We Care | Tagged | 14 Comments

2013 Oct. 12: I just feel she deserves much better

Posted on October 13, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

  Dee’s story An avid soccer player, Debora Dlamini prefers to be called Dee, a name she got while actively playing soccer. She describes herself as “sweet, understanding, calm and focused” but is also an open book and a straight … Continue reading →

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2013 Sept. 29: Soweto Pride 2013

Posted on September 30, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

This is what happened when the Black LGBTI & Queer community claimed their citizenship to combat homophobia/ queerphobia/ transphobia/ xenophobia and lesbophobia on the streets of Soweto in Johannesburg… Part of Inkanyiso’s video archives. + 5oo people were in attendance, … Continue reading →

Posted in Johannesburg, Know Your SA Queer History, Knowledge, Lack of Resources, Love, Mainstream media, Malibongwe Swane, Networking, Organizations, Penetrating mainstream spaces, Pride March, South Africa, We were (t)here, Xana Nyilenda | Tagged | 5 Comments

2013 Sept. 16: The day Ndlela s got married

Posted on September 16, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

    Video archive Who: Ziningi & Delisile Ndlela s wedding   Previous 2013 June 15: The Durban Lesbian Wedding of the Year and 2013 June 16: Zishade libalele izitabane
 and 2013 April 2: Visuals from VMCI 2013 Easter weekend

Posted in Africa, Media works, Organizations, Our lives in the picture, Queer visibility, Queer Youth, Speaking for ourselves, Spirtitual activism, Visual history, Visual history is a Right not a luxury, Visual Power, Visualizing public spaces, We were (t)here | Tagged | 4 Comments

2013 Aug. 28: Stabbed lesbian survivor – The Saga continues …

Posted on August 28, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Thekwane Bongi Mpisholo Its been two weeks since the stabbing of a 26 year old lesbian from Vosloorus township, yet service providers keep failing the survivor over and over, like one more trauma after another. It begs the question, … Continue reading →

Posted in Allies, Collen Mfazwe, Conference, Emotional support, Lack of Resources, Opinion, Organizations, Saga, Statistics SA, Youth voices | Tagged | 7 Comments

2013 Aug. 15: The documentation of black LGBTI in South Africa

Posted on August 15, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Uncomfortable political representations and the public imagination by Jeremiah Sepotokele. The documentation of lives of the black Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Intersex (LGBTI) community remains one of the most socially and politically contested space in South Africa. Documentation is a powerful instrument … Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Africanised, Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Archiving Queer Her/Histories in SA, Artists, Arts, Books, Crea(c)tive senses, Culture, Evidence, Hear Us Out, Homosexuality, Human rights, Institution, Know Your SA Queer History, Knowledge, Lack of Resources, Life Stories, Opinion, Organizations, Our lives in the picture, Politics of existence, Questioning, Race, Race card, Readings, ReClaim Your Activism, Records and histories, Reflection, Visual history is a Right not a luxury, Visualizing public spaces, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right, Youth voices, Zanele Muholi | Tagged | 4 Comments

2013 Aug. 14: More photos from Antwerp Pride

Posted on August 14, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Country: Belgium, Europe Date: 10th Aug. 2013 by Themba Vilakazi/ Inkanyiso media (2013)

Posted in Black & White, From Johannesburg to Antwerp, Homosexuality, Organizations, Our lives in the picture, Photo album, Power of the Voice, Public spaces, Race, ReClaim Your Activism, Records and histories | Tagged | 3 Comments