Category Archives: question of history.

2014 July 26: What I want as a black lesbian youth

Posted on July 31, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

My name is Lebogang Mashifane, I’m 25 years old and I live with my mother in Kwa-Thema, east of Gauteng, South Africa. I have recently relocated from Cape Town, South Africa. I hold a Diploma in Multimedia Technology from CPUT … 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 15: “Intombi” – Photo of the Day

Posted on July 15, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

Title:  Intombi I … in collaboration with Valerie Thomas, Paris (2014)       (Re)inventing Aesthetic and (Re)imagining Meaning: (Re)creating Black Beauty By Bridget Ngcobo   Zanele Muholi, a black South African visual activist standing in Paris, France stands in … Continue reading →

Posted in Artists, Arts, ‘freakshow’, Baring, Being Scene, Black bodies, Black Bodies of Silence, Black Queer Artists, Black Queer Professionals, Body, Body Politics, Brave, Breasts, Bridget Ngcobo, Choice, Claiming, Collaborations, Comfort, Cultural activists, Culture, Demonstration, Description, Details, Different positions, Disappointment, Discomfort, discourse, DNA, Education, Emotional support, Eyes, Feelings, Friendships, Grateful, Gratitude, Health bodies, Health matters, Heartbreak, Hearts, History, Hope, I use CANON, Interpretation, M(asked), My name is Zanele Muholi, Not Science, Owning our bodies, question of history., Reflections, Relationships, Robing, Self recognition, Shining abroad, Skin, South African Visible Arts, Stripped, Studio format, Touch, Valerie Thomas | 3 Comments