Tag Archives: Action

2016 Aug. 9: Look back and go forward

by Mbali Zulu Look back and go forward. Looking at the picture of the group I am forced to look back and go forward. What is it that I am looking back at? What is it that I am going … Continue reading

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2016 April 27: Re/Uniting with Faces and Phases participants on Freedom Day

by Fiona-Donna Young I have known about Faces and Phases since I was 16 years old and started reading Inkanyiso when I was 17 years old after countless google search attempts trying to see how best I would stay in … Continue reading

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2016 April 2: Faces and Phases follow-ups

by Lerato Dumse The intercom from downstairs rings around 9am on Saturday April 2 2016 and Sandisiwe Dlamini quickly answers it. The security guard announces, “Ziyanda has arrived,” after Sandisiwe confirms that she is expected, the guard allows her in. … Continue reading

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2016 Jan. 31 Best of Black Girls Only

Photo Album by Lindeka Qampi/ Inkanyiso media What: Black Girls Only Where:  Women’s Jail, Braamfontein, Con Hill When: 31.01.2016 Camera used: Canon 6d hand held                               … Continue reading

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2016 Jan. 22 Lyle Ashton Harris talk at Nirox Arts…

Photo Album by Lerato Dumse & Sandisiwe Dlamini Where: Nirox Arts Space, Johannesburg, South Africa                                     Related link   2016 Jan. 25:  Creative … Continue reading

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2015 Oct. 11: Continental African crew on last day of Fire & Ink conference

Photo by Lerato Dumse What:  2015 Fire & Ink Theme:  Witness Where:  Detroit, US Camera used:  Canon 600d with 60mm lens @ f2.8   More on Fire & Ink http://2015.fireandink.org/  

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2015 Oct. 6: So Proud of Soweto Pride

Photo album I by Lindeka Qampi for Inkanyiso When:  26th Sept. 2015 Where:  Meadowlands, Zone 2 Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa                                         … Continue reading

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South African Visual Activism opens eyes in Liverpool

by Lerato Dumse It was exciting to witness the opening of Zanele Muholi’s Vukani exhibition, at Open Eye Gallery, in Liverpool UK. Three gallery rooms are currently occupied by Muholi’s photographs and documentaries on a show which opened on September 17, … Continue reading

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2015 Sept. 11: Ubuntu bam’

by Noluntu Makalima Who is Noluntu they ask, Noluntu is a universal being who embraces the true spirit of the name “Ubuntu”, meaning the love of all humanity. The name favours the spirit of unity at all times.  Noluntu validates … Continue reading

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2015 Aug. 23: Muholi and Dumse present at Light Work Artist AIR

  Artist talk by current Light Work Artist-in-Residence Zanele Muholi Thursday, August 27th at 7:30pm Light Work / Watson Theater, Robert B. Menschel Media Center A self-described “visual activist,” South African artist Zanele Muholi, has dedicated her work and life … Continue reading

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