Category Archives: Townships

2013 April 10: Another black lesbian activist has fallen

Posted on April 11, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Report by Christie van Zyl As fellow South Africans especially members of African National Congress commemorates 20 years of Chris Hani’s brutal killing in Boksburg, Johannesburg (April 10, 2013). Freegender members, allies and the black lesbian community at large gathered … Continue reading →

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2013 February 28: I am not a Victim but a Victor…

Posted on March 25, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Lungile Dladla They call February the month of love, I call it the month of change… In February 2010, I was walking with Mathapelo (one who prays) along Swazi street. It was around 7pm, a few hours after my … Continue reading →

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2013 March 8: Public Event announcement

Posted on March 8, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

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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2012 Nov. 27: Faces & Phases exhibition opening

Posted on February 23, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

@ Goethe Institut, Johannesburg For more photo check: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10200697577861518.2202667.1223456677&type=1&notif_t=like

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