Category Archives: We Care

2014 June 21: Vanessa and Nana’s engagement party

Posted on June 21, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

Photos and text by Charmain Carrol. Four months ago… Where:  Midrand, Johannesburg When:  23rd March 2014 Bathini Dambuza and I were honoured to attend yet another engagement lunch of two of our fellow lesbian sisters held in Midrand, Johannesburg. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Butches and Femmes, Black Lesbian, Black Lesbian Artists, Black Lesbian Dancers in South Africa, Black Lesbian professionals, Black Queer Born Frees in South Africa, Black Queer Professionals, Blackness, Butch identifying lesbian, Crea(c)tive senses, Creating awareness, Emotional support, Gender distinction, Midrand, Photo album, Speaking for ourselves, Special event, Visual Arts, Visual Language, Visual Power, Visual Voices, Visualizing public spaces, We Care, We Love Photography, We Still Can with/out Resources, We were (t)here, When Love is a Human Right, Women who have sex with Women, Women's Arts In South Africa (WAISA), Women's power, Women; Voices; Writings; Education; Traditions; Struggles; Cultures, Words, Writing is a Right, Young talent | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

2014 June 20: Spana my child

Posted on June 21, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Pam Dlungwana How do you describe Inkanyiso to a foreign audience? What is it? Is it an artist’s itch to get back into the activist pool because that is how they have framed their practice in the global sphere? … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Queer Professionals, Christine Eyene’s ‘Where We’re At!, Connections, Contributors, Creating awareness, Creative activist, Cultural activists, Curatorship, Education, Empowerment, Evidence, Exchanging Queer thoughts, Exhibition opening, Exhibitions, Exposure, Expression, Faces & Phases portraits, Faces and Phases, Feelings, Female Photographers, Freedom of being, God is with us, Homosexuality, Life Stories, Panelists, Solidarity, Spana is a slang which means to work, Supporting each other, Travel-logue, Visual Activist, Visual democracy, Visual history, Visual history is a Right not a luxury, Visual Power, Visual Voices, Visualizing public spaces, We Are You, We Care, We Love Photography, We Still Can with/out Resources, We were (t)here, When Love is a Human Right, Women's power, Words, Writing is a Right, Youth voices, Zanele Muholi | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

2014 May 30: I was a boy who would one day grow up to be a man

Posted on June 10, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Samson ‘Thabo’ Brown   I have never believed that God made mistakes. I have always believed that everything happens for a reason. That reason has always been to fulfill God’s greater purpose for your life. That’s how I view … Continue reading →

Posted in Human rights, Trans Activism, Transgender visibility, Transgender Voices, Visual history, Visual history is a Right not a luxury, Visual Language, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, We were (t)here, Writing is a Right | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

2014 May 27: Miss Gay Jozi 2014 photos

Posted on May 29, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

The winner of the 2014 Miss Gay Jozi is the 19 year old Miss Tee Menu from Daveyton. Photos by Smanga Shange       Related article 2014 May 18 :  Glitter, drama & perfection at Miss Gay Jozi 2014   … Continue reading →

Posted in Beauty pageantry, Friendships, Human Beings, Portrait, Power of the Arts, Power of the Voice, We Care, We Love Photography, We Still Can with/out Resources, We were (t)here, Winner: Miss Tee Menu from Daveyton | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

2014 May 27: You’re a beauty

Posted on May 28, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

  Let your beauty speak.. In a world so diluted by greed.. So artificial nothing is real.. Smile faked.. They tell their fate… Let beauty speaks.. Let it lulls you into scented dreams.. Beautiful meanders.. Wondrous waterfalls.. Let beauty speaks.. … Continue reading →

Posted in Exposure, Freedom of being, Hope, Human Beings, Human body, Inner feelings, Interpretation, We Care, Writing is a Right | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

2014 May 26: I found myself at 22

Posted on May 26, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

  My name is Abongile Matyila. Abongile is a Xhosa name which means to be grateful. My uncle gave me that name. I’m a 22 year old Bachelor of Arts (BA) student studying at the University of Fort Hare, East London … Continue reading →

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2014 May 24: The special boy

Posted on May 25, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Collen Mfazwe   Growing up was never easy but it was kind of fun because I did not understand some of the things I was supposed to understand, e.g. why did I have to menstruate every month? Why did … Continue reading →

Posted in Butch identifying lesbian, Contests, Faces & Phases portraits, Fashion, Life Stories, Photography, Politics of existence, Power of the Voice, Queer Youth, Townships, We Are You, We Care, We Love Photography, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right, Youth voices | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 19 Comments

2014 May 15: Shameless You

Posted on May 20, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Maureen Velile Majola In your search for Love In all the people who are loved Who are in stable relationships You’ve had to smile and laugh with their partners only to ease the guilt in your bitchy heart Everyone … Continue reading →

Posted in Beauty, Black Queer & Gifted, Black Queer Artists, Creative Writing, Creativity, Readings, Sharing knowledge, South African Artists, Textualizing Our Own Lives, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, We were (t)here, Women who have sex with Women, Zulu is a South African language | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

2014 May 18: Behind the beautiful face you see is a lesbian who is torn into a million pieces

Posted on May 18, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Lebo Leptie Phume   Sitting in this taxi my eyes fill with tears from thinking about where I come from. Things were easy for me while my grandmother and my mother were alive, I never had to hustle because I got … Continue reading →

Posted in Black & White, Black Lesbian soccer players in South Africa, Captioned, Creative Writing, Details, Expression, Faces & Phases portraits, Gender expression, History, Know Your SA Queer History, Knowledge, Our lives in the picture, Power of the Voice, Sharing knowledge, Sotho is a South African language, We Care, We Love Photography, We Still Can with/out Resources, We were (t)here, Writing is a Right | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 16 Comments

2014 May 13: “Making love to it”

Posted on May 13, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Lebohang ‘Leptie’ Phume   Based on the 12th April 2014 photo shoot experience in Parktown, Johannesburg I have never imagined myself behind the camera, instructing or photographing. But that perception changed few weeks ago when I found myself watching … Continue reading →

Posted in Beauty queens, Creating awareness, Textualizing Our Own Lives, Visual Language, Visual Power, We Are You, We Care, We Love Photography, Zanele Muholi | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment