Category Archives: Writing is a Right

2014 June 23: The lovely couple on vacation in Cape Town

Posted on June 23, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

© Photos by Charmain Carrol 2014/06/07 – 09   Previous article 2014 June 10: The Ndlela’s are still committed to love          Their s2013 Wedding photos are on the link below 2013 June 15: The Durban Lesbian Wedding … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Lesbian professionals, Black lesbian visibility, From Durban to Cape Town, Holiday photos, Laughter, Lesbian couple, Life Stories, Love is a human right, Memory, Our lives in the picture, Penetrating mainstream spaces, Politics of existence, Politics of geography, Politics of representation, Portrait, Support, Table Mountain, The Ndlela s, Togetherness, Visual history, Visual Language, Visual Power, Visual Voices, Visualizing public spaces, VMCI members, We Love Photography, When Love is a Human Right, Women who have sex with Women, Women's power, Women's Work, Words, Writing is a Right, Ziningi & Delisile Ndlela, Zulu is a South African language | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

2014 June 10: The Ndlela’s are still committed to love

Posted on June 22, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Charmain Carrol On the 6th of June 2014, I had the pleasure of accompanying the Ndlela’s to Cape Town, to celebrate their first wedding anniversary.  It seems like it was just last month when I attended their wedding in Durban … Continue reading →

Posted in Archived memories, Archiving Queer Her/Histories in SA, As we are, Beauty, Black Lesbian, Black Lesbian Congregants, Black Lesbian professionals, Black lesbian wedding, Members of VMCI in Durban, Relationships, Solidarity, South Africa, Speaking for ourselves, Textualizing Our Own Lives, Traditions & Customs, Visual Activist, Visual history is a Right not a luxury, Visual Language, Visual Power, Visualizing public spaces, We Are You, We Love Photography, We Still Can with/out Resources, We were (t)here, When Love is a Human Right, Women's power, Women; Voices; Writings; Education; Traditions; Struggles; Cultures, Words, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi, Ziningi & Delisile Ndlela, Zulu is a South African language | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

2014 June 21: Continuity … Muholi ongoing Visual Activism

Posted on June 21, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

  Exactly a year ago. @ Kunstplass 5 gallery Where: Oslo, Norway Captured with iPhone 4 by Valerie Thomas   Related link 2013 June 21: The Princess of Norway pitched just for Muholi

Posted in Archiving Queer Her/Histories in SA, Art Activism in South Africa, Art Edutainment, Art Is A Human Right, Evidence, Exchanging Queer thoughts, Exhibition opening, Experience, Expertise, Exposure, Norway, Video archiving, Visual activism, We Still Can with/out Resources, We were (t)here, Writing is a Right | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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 June 11: The invitation letter and the photo from GI

Posted on June 15, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

  Where: @Cine Olido, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The group photo was taken by Valerie Thomas after the premier/ screening of two South African documentaries featuring my work and some friends who are participants in my visual documents. Screened: ‘We Live in … Continue reading →

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2014 June 11: I am an educator

Posted on June 11, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Tsepo Kgatlhane Last week was rough, NO! The past couple of weeks were rather hectic.  So much has been happening in my life. It feels as if I have lived a year in less than 4 months. I am … Continue reading →

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2014 June 10: What fashion is… Not

Posted on June 11, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

I said… Fashion is gendered fashion is racialized fashion is traditional fashion is cultured fashion is multilingual fashion is colored fashion is queer fashion is sexual  Fashion has a language fashion is global fashion is a state of economy fashion … Continue reading →

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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: 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 →

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