Category Archives: Writing is a Right

2014 March 18: Sharing South African Queer Knowledge with students in America

Posted on March 19, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

  Photo album by Valerie Thomas Quote of the day Is South Africa a country?   Frieda Ekotto The University of Michigan Introduction: Zanele Muholi Speaks at the Africa Workshop at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. It is my … Continue reading →

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2014 March 8: Photos from Brown Bois Retreat in Oakland, CALIFORNIA

Posted on March 17, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

Photos by Zanele Muholi Where: Oakland, CA With:  Valerie Thomas and Selaelo ‘Sly’ Mannya What: Brown Bois Retreat Link to: Brown Boi Project Topic: How to increase Personal Communication Skills chaired by Mervyn Marcano   My Masculinity Is…   Name Quote … Continue reading →

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2014 March 12: Loving Us With The Fierceness We Deserve:

Posted on March 12, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

Reflections on Zanele Muholi’s talk @ Impact Hub Oakland by Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene  “I’m a visual activist.  I prefer, or want, to think that what I’m doing is activism using visuals as means to articulate my many issues…Activism, activism—to … Continue reading →

Posted in Africans Abroad, Black Queer Artists, Commitment, Dyke, Evidence, Exhibitions, Experience, Exposure, Freedom of being, Friendships, Interpretation, Life, Life Stories, Love, Love is a human right, Mainstream media, Opinion, Our lives in the picture, Participants, Queer Africans speaking for themselves., South Africa, South African art, South African struggle, Speaking for ourselves, Women's power, Women's struggles, Women's Work, Writing is a Right | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

2014 March 12: Talkabout – Gabrielle Le Roux and Thekwane ‘Bongi’ Mpisholo

Posted on March 12, 2014 by inkanyiso2009
Posted in Activists Act, African Queer Beauty, Another Approach Is Possible, As we are, Beauty, Black Queer & Gifted, Characters, Collaborations, Collective, Collectivism, Commitment, Connections, Creating awareness, Johannesburg, Life, Life Stories, Living by example, Love, Love is a human right, Networking, Photography, Power of the Arts, Power of the Voice, South Africa, Textualizing Our Own Lives, Visual Arts, Visual democracy, Visual history, Visual history is a Right not a luxury, Visual Power, Visual Voices, Visualizing public spaces, We Are You, We Love Photography, Writing is a Right | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

2014 March 8: Les Locks

Posted on March 11, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Selaelo “SlyPod” Mannya My name is Selaelo, affectionately known as Sly, the Pod, Poddle Puff or whatever else takes the fancy of the woman I am with. I’m 26 years old and work as a strategist in digital advertising. … Continue reading →

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2014 March 5: More than an activist…

Posted on March 7, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Fikile Mazambani At the behest of Maurita N Poole, a Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow for Diversity in the Arts, Zanele Muholi brought her series; Faces and Phases, Beulahs and Being to the Williams College Art Museum (WCAM) in Williamstown, Massachusetts … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Art Edutainment, Art Is A Human Right, Art is Queer, Articles, Blackness, Maurita Poole, Race, We Care, We Love Photography, We were (t)here, Women's struggles, Writing is a Right, Zimbabwe | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 14 Comments

2014 Feb.14: “Black South African visual artist lesbian, Zanele Muholi, in a transparent coffin of love and loss”

Posted on February 24, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Aluta Humbane Zanele Muholi, the 2013 Prince Claus Laureate, put on what could be best termed a conversation starter of an exhibition during the prestigious Prince Claus Laureate Award ceremony. The Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, H.E. … Continue reading →

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2014 Jan.21: My Woman

Posted on February 20, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Lebohang ‘Leptie’ Phume   I fell in love with someone I’d never met before. All I knew  was she was 1.65m tall, had that dark brown chocolate skin, big beautiful eyes and jaw lines to die for. It was never my … Continue reading →

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2014 Feb.4: Newly ordained pastors of VMCI church

Posted on February 8, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

  Translated by Christie FossilSoul Edited by Fikile Mazambani On Saturday, 1 February 2014, the congregation of Victory Ministries Church International (VMCI) in Durban witnessed the ordaining of new pastors – a ceremony they had waited for with bated breath.  … Continue reading →

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2014 Feb. 5: Love Conquers All

Posted on February 8, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Amogelang Senokwane Growing up, we were always told that charity begins at home.  What you were taught at home is what we exhibit to the outside world.  The church is of God and it is supposed to teach the … Continue reading →

Posted in burned, Creating awareness, Scriptures, We Are You, We Care, Writing is a Right | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments