Category Archives: Queer Africa

2013 March 28: Against the rising tide

BORN IN A BODILY PRISON Hated without reason Living on a mission To love with full conviction This body is my affliction Hence I make that decision To enter this transition And bring my soul to living As I emerge … Continue reading

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2013 March 24: Recognition of LGBTI Activist should be a culture

by Lesego Tlhwale On the 21st March 2013 Zanele Muholi, visual activist and founder of Inkanyiso production was honoured for her extraordinary work of capturing the lives of black lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex individuals in South Africa. Muholi … Continue reading

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2013 March 8: Public Event announcement

Inkanyiso, in association with the Goethe Institute, presents @ 25, an event to commemorate the lives of Buhle Msibi (1981 – 2006) and Busi Sigasa (1981 – 2007), black lesbian cultural activists, who both passed away at the tender age of … Continue reading

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2013 Feb. 10: Parts

by Andiswa Dlamini Part 1  (you spoke) Before you spoke to me Uttered any words, I had no expectations of you And you had non of me But when I thought of you I thought of you as a human … Continue reading

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2013 Jan. 1: *The choke of grief

by Unoma Azuah   I invoke their names: Desire Ntombana Mandisa Mbambo Phumeza Nkolonzi Thapelo Makutle Neil Daniels Sanna Supa Sasha Lee Gordon Hendrietta Morifi Nokuthula Radebe Noxolo Nogwaza Nqobile Khumalo Ntsiki Tyatyeka Tshuku Ncobo Milicent Gaika survives But the … Continue reading

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