Category Archives: Zimbabwe

2015 Jan. 3: I dropped out of the closet many times

Posted on January 13, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

“It is a story about my coming out, its more significant than any part of my life history” Being who I am should not compromise who you are. The road to coming out was not easy. I was born in … 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

2013 March 28: Inkanyiso members at work

Posted on April 13, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

L-R: Thuli & Lerato L-R: Ricki & Chuma L-R: Muholi, TP, Ntombi & Lesego L-R: Charmain, Ricki & Chuma L-R: Ntombi & Lesego L-R: Malik and Botshabelo Visuals by Nqobile Zungu captured at the HIVOS LGBTI activists capacity building training … Continue reading →

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2013 April 1: Never a tear

Posted on April 1, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

The river is full but not a drop shall be lost, The sight of my tears comes at too high a cost, The tide clearly rises, but inspite of my pain, My tears, they shall fall, never again. The dam … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Bulawayo, revolution, Sam Ndlovu, Zimbabwe | Tagged | 3 Comments