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2015 June 9: The love that will never be replaced

Posted on June 23, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

As I write this now I’m thinking about all the good and wonderful times I had with the woman I will never forget and never see again. I’m Collen Mfazwe, a black lesbian photographer and proudly South African. This is not about me; … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Birthday, Black lesbian stories, Bond, Cake, Collen Mfazwe, Comfort, Comfortable, Creating awareness, Daveyton, Documenting pain, Education, Expression, Faces and Phases participant, Family, Focus, Friendships, Healing feeling, Learning, Life, Lifetime wounds, Losing a mother, Love, Meaning, No father, Photographer, Photography, Power of the Voice, Relationships, Responsibility, Sameness, School, Siblings, Sick, South Africa, Strength, Time, township, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Who we are, Work, Writing is a Right, Writing letters | Tagged Act, activism, Another approach is possible, Articles, beauty, Experience, Expression, Feelings, Friendships, human rights, Respect, Sexuality, South Africa, We love photography, Words | 10 Comments

2015 April 13: Inscribing the cloth

Posted on June 18, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

Text by Lerato Dumse Photos by Renee Mussai Friends, allies, LGBT community members, artists, and activists filled up the London home of Renee Mussai for a Monday (13 April) evening get together, and to inscribe lesbian hate crime related text. Despite … Continue reading →

Posted in Activists Act, African Caribbean Family, Allies, Archived memories, Archiving Queer Her/Histories in SA, Art Edutainment, Art Solidarity, Arts, As we are, Before You, being loved, being recognized, being respected., Canvas, Collectivism, Emotional support, Faces and Phases project, Family, Good food, Great conversation, London is history, Making a mark, We believe in Arts, We love photographers, Words, Zanele Muholi | Tagged Acceptance, Act, Action, activism, Activists, Another approach is possible, Article, artists, beauty, Black lesbians, Collaborations, Collaborators, Connections, Curators and artists, Friendships, Inscription, Laughter, Lerato Dumse, Lifetime project, London, Networking, Ourselves, Relationships, Visibility, Writing is a Right | Leave a comment

2015 May 28: The last London supper

Posted on June 18, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Dalisu Ngobese So the night we came to London for had come, with hugs, smiles and kisses on both cheeks the room was filled with anticipation and nerves started to show on Zanele’s laughter. A slight uneasiness that I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Archiving Queer Her/Histories in SA, Creating awareness, Expression, Memories, Memory, Moments in our history, My life in short, Naming, Networking, Open conversations, Open relationships, Organizing, Ownership of the self, Owning our bodies, Power of the Arts, Power of the Voice, Reflections, South Africa, Subject of Art, Thoughts, Touching, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right | Tagged Act, Action, activism, Activists, Announcement, Another approach is possible, Art, Articles, beauty, Black community, Black Lesbian, Black lesbians, Collaborations, community, Competition, Dalisu Ngobese, Deutsch Borse Photography Prize, Disappointment, Education, exhibition, Experience, Expression, Faces and Phases, Family, Feelings, Homosexuality, Human beings, human rights, Inkanyiso media, Life, London, Photography, Presentation, Relationships, Respect, Sexuality, South Africa, The nomination, Visual history, Voices, We love photography, Words, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi | Leave a comment

2015 May 19: “I wasn’t comfortable with the one before”

Posted on June 17, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

I am Nondi Nomkhita Ntombehlanga Mamntambo Vokwana born Nondi Cungwa on the 30th October 1981. I’m what they would call a bastard child, my parents Zikisa Vokwana and Xoliswa Cungwa were both in High School when they had me. My mother was in grade 11 … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Creating awareness, Expression, Power of the Voice, South Africa, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right | Tagged Acceptance, activism, Activities, Articles, Attacked, Audience, beauty, Black Lesbian, Black Lesbian professionals, Black lesbians, Blessed, Collaborations, Comfort, CPUT, Crush, Death, Dreams, Dropped out, Early Childhood Development (ECD), Eastern Cape, Education, Experience, Expression, Extended family members, Faces and Phases participant, Facilitator, Family, Fashion, Feelings, Friendships, God, Home, Honest, Independent, IsiXhosa is a South African language, Kayamandi, Knowledge, Life, Life story, Love, Loved, Loving, Memory, Nondi Vokwana, Parents, Personal Journey, Photography, Port Elizabeth, Priority, Relationships, Relative, Respect, Rumours, Schools, Self, Sexuality, South Africa, Stellenbosch, Survived, Survivor, Time, Tonwship, Translator, Visual activism, Visual history, Voices, We love photography, Women, Words, Writing is a Right | 2 Comments

2015 June 1: “Thank you Mother”

Posted on June 12, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

“As I’m growing a year old older just want to thank her for the past 23 years I have and for being alive!” To be a mother is not an easy task Yet you do it proudly everyday no matter … Continue reading →

Posted in Activists Act, Allies, Archived memories, Art Is A Human Right, Before You, Commitment, Community, Family matters, Words, Writing is a Right | Tagged Acceptance, Achieve, Act, Action, activism, Activists, Anele 'Anza' Khaba, Another approach is possible, Appreciation, Art, Article, Arts, beauty, Being, Being born, Birthday, Black Lesbian, Black Lesbian professionals, Blackness, Collaborations, Comfort, community, Connections, Deed, Despair, Emotionally, Expression, Faces and Phases, Feelings, Forget, Freedom, Friendships, Future, Grateful to my mother, Heart, Life, Living..., Love, Mother, Motherhood, Participants..., Person, Precious gift, Special day for Anza, Tears, Times | 2 Comments

2015 June 6: Lesbian youth gather at Constitution Hill for first ever Yithi Laba Conference

Posted on June 10, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Simangele Mzizi Twenty three South African youth, ages 20 to 29 participated in the first ever Yithi Laba Youth Conference, held on 5 to 7 June 2015 at Constitution Hill in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. The three day conference aimed at … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 21 Years of democracy, Acceptance, Act, Action, activism, Activists, Another approach is possible, artists, Audience, beauty, Being, Black Lesbian Youth, Black lesbians, Co-operation, Collaborations, Connections, Constitution Hill, Different parts of South Africa, Discussions, Education, Engineers, exhibition, Experience, Expression, Faces and Phases, Faces and Phases participants, Fashion designers, Filmmakers, Group, Heritage site, Inkanyiso media, Knowledge, Learn and Sharing, Lesbian Born Frees, Listen, Many issues discussed, Opportunity, Organisers, Photographers, Poets, Presentations, Rene Mathibe, Rich history, Simangele Mzizi, Singers, Skills, South Africa, Sport managers, Students, the author, Visual artists, We love photography, Writers, Yithi Laba conference, Yithi Laba main objectives, Zanele Muholi | 6 Comments

2015 June 5: Yithi Laba delegates on Constitution Hill tour

Posted on June 10, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

Text by Tinashe Wakapila Photos by Lindeka Qampi/ Inkanyiso Despite the fact that the place was a prison, race was a key factor that led to a lot of mistreatment and human dignity strip down due to the form of … Continue reading →

Posted in Creating awareness, Creative Writing, Writing is a Right | Tagged 2015 Yithi Laba conference, activism, Activities, Apartheid laws, Black lesbians, Blackness, Cells, Communities, Constitution Hill, exhibition, Faces and Phases participants, Freedom fighters, Health, human dignity, Inkanyiso media, Inmates, Isolation, Jail, Johannesburg, Lesbian Born Frees, Lindeka Qampi, Mistreatment, No privacy, Number Four, Photographs, Poor food services, Prison, prisoners, punishment, Race, Sickness, South Africa, Tinashe Wakapila, Torture | 5 Comments

2015 May 30: The Deutsche Borse exhibition opening that was…

Posted on May 30, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

Where: The Photographers Gallery London. Photos by MaliQ & Renee Mussai and Lerato Dumse When: 2015/04/16 For 2015 Deutsche Borse Photo Prize Cameras used: iPhone 6 and Canon 6d … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Creating awareness, Expression, Power of the Voice, South Africa, South African lesbians, Textualizing Our Own Lives, Visual activism, Visual activism is a language, Visual Activist, Visual democracy, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right | Tagged Act, Action, activism, Activists, Allies, Collaborations, Education, Experience, Feelings, Freedom to be me..., Homosexuality, Human beings, Inscriptions, Life, London, Photography, Relationships, Respect, Sexuality, The Photographers Gallery, We love photography, Zanele Muholi | Leave a comment

2015 May 5: My journey so far in life

Posted on May 18, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Nosipo Solundwana My name is Nosipo Gloria Solundwana, also known as SPHOLA. I am a 27-year-old ‘butch’ lesbian living on the East-Rand, in Katlehong. I live with my four siblings and I am the first born at home. I … Continue reading →

Posted in A new visual history, Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Creating awareness, Expression, Power of the Voice, South Africa, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Words, Work, Writing is a Right, Writing matters | Tagged 27 Year old, Abilities, Action, activism, Activists, “"Faces and Phases 2006-14”, Baragwanath Hospital, beauty, Belongings, Birth, Black lesbians, Budget, Butch, Celebration, Clean, curse, Doctors, Drugs, East-Rand, Education, Faces and Phases participant, Feelings, Female chores, Food, Gift, Happy life, Hardship, Homosexuality, Hospital, Human beings, Inkanyiso media, intersex, Johannesburg, Katlehong, Lesbian, Life, Life story, livestock, Living..., Lord, Loving, Medical operation, Mentor, Nosipo Solundwana, Photography, Positivity, Relationships, School, Sexuality, Sick, South Africa, Suffering, Thankful, uMthatha, Visual history, Water, We love photography | 13 Comments

2015 May 9: A Review of Isibonelo/Evidence I

Posted on May 10, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Adejoke Tugbiyele Photos by Terra Dick Zanele Muholi’s beautiful works are currently on view at the Brooklyn Museum’s Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. It includes photographs of several dozen black and white portraits of lesbians and transgendered … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: activism

2015 June 9: The love that will never be replaced

2015 April 13: Inscribing the cloth

2015 May 28: The last London supper

2015 May 19: “I wasn’t comfortable with the one before”

2015 June 1: “Thank you Mother”

2015 June 5: Yithi Laba delegates on Constitution Hill tour

2015 May 30: The Deutsche Borse exhibition opening that was…

2015 May 5: My journey so far in life

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