Category Archives: Visual history is a Right not a luxury

2013 July 9: Living in and loving the lesbian boarding house in Hillbrow

Posted on July 9, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Collen Mfazwe They say blood is thicker than water but blood doesn’t make a family, love does. I say this because I am living testimony that this statement is true. I want to tell you about my family, not … Continue reading →

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2013 June 30: Durban gays and lesbians say NO to hate crimes in SA

Posted on July 1, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Text by Londeka Siba Dlamini There was no march around the city on this year’s Durban Gay Pride festival which took place on the 29th June 2013 at the Amphitheatre in Durban North beach. Usually when its a gay pride Lesbians, … Continue reading →

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2013 June 6: Dangerous is not the Young Black Men in Daveyton

Posted on June 25, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Portfolio II by Collen Mfazwe This visual project is about some  young black men who resides in Daveyton township where I come from. It is the beginning… I want to share with the viewers that not all black men are … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Creating awareness, Crime rate, Daveyton, Love, Our lives in the picture, Photo album, Portfolio, Portrait, Poverty, Relationships, Townships, Visual history is a Right not a luxury, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources | Tagged | 5 Comments

2013 June 24: @ 25 revisited two months later

Posted on June 24, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Lerato Dumse To celebrate youth month in post apartheid South Africa, some people wear school uniform on the 16 of June. This is done to commemorate the defiant actions that claimed young lives 37 years ago who demanded English … Continue reading →

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2013 June 22: “Queer Art and Activism”

Posted on June 22, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Skeive dager, Litteraturhuset 22.06.13 A presentation by Ellen Mortensen First of all, I want to thank the organizers of this seminar on “Queer Art and Activism”, FOKUS, SAIH, LLH and – Kunstplass 5, and especially Vibeke Hermanrud, for the invitation … Continue reading →

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2013 June 21: Yesterday’s Reality Check

Posted on June 22, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Breakfast dialogue: Reality check: Understanding the lives of sexual minority women in South Africa. – Is lack of knowledge and misunderstandings causing sensationalism and victimhood in the media? Each time we are represented by outsiders, we are merely seen as … Continue reading →

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2013 June 21: The Princess of Norway pitched just for Muholi

Posted on June 21, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Maureen Velile Majola As we gathered at the Kunstplass 5 gallery waiting for the Crown Princess of Norway, Mette-Marit to arrive. The Princess made a special trip to the gallery just to meet Zanele Muholi and see the ‘I See Rainbows’ … Continue reading →

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2013 June 17: Fundraising for Chosen FEW

Posted on June 17, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Lerato Dumse Imagine being part of a soccer team awarded a partial grant to participate in the 2013 World Out games in Antwerp, Belgium. Now imagine not being able to seize that opportunity due to lack of funds. This … Continue reading →

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2013 May 19: There’s beauty in aging

Posted on June 3, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Photographic – PORTFOLIO Focus: People by Collen Mfazwe In May 2013, I started working on this special project which is about old persons who are residents at the Daveyton Old Age Home, Johannesburg. They are men and women whose identities/ gender … Continue reading →

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2013 May 20 : Intellectual lesbians

Posted on May 26, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Jamilla Madingwane It was not until I had to write this article that intellect became a very complex theme for me. I tried to break it down cognitively and artistically and I realised that intellect is a multi-dimensional, philosophical … Continue reading →

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