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2014 Sept. 9: Song, dance and laughter followed by tears

Posted on September 15, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Lerato Dumse “Whose Streets, Our Streets!” was chanted by members of the LGBT community as they marched around the streets of Boipatong township in the Vaal on September 6. The marchers were ordered to stay clear of the pavement, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Accident, Act, Action, activism, Activists, Another approach is possible, Articles, Audience, Bereavement, Black Lesbian, Black Lesbian death, Black lesbians, Bodies, Body, Boipatong, community, Connections, Our Streets, Sebokeng Hospital, Simon Nkoli, Vaal Pride, Whose Streets | 1 Comment

2014 Aug. 14: HEAIDS Women’s Health – ZAZI Launch

Posted on September 12, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

Text by Christie van Zyl Photos by Lindeka Qampi and Zanele Muholi An inspiring message of Social co-hesion and responsibility was set at the launch of the ZAZI – Know your strength campaign. The event took place at the University … Continue reading →

Posted in Captioned, Characters, Claiming mainstream spaces, Class, Combating HIV/AIDS through education, Comment, Comments from the audience, Commitment, Committed, Communication strategies, Community, Community based media, Community education, Community Mobilizing, Community organizing, Community outreach, Community work, Complexities of Transitioning, Connections, Contributors, Crea(c)tive senses, Creating awareness, Creative Writing, Creativity, Cultural activists, Delegation, Democracy, Description, Details, Documentary, Documentation; Filming; Photography; Community, Documenting our own lives, Documenting realities of the townships, Education, Emotional support, Empowerment, Entertainment, Evidence, Experience, Exploration, Exposure, Expression, Facilitation, Facilitators, Facing abuse and violation, Facing You, Family, Feelings, Female Photographers, Friendships, Gender articulation, Gender expression, Gender naming, Guest speakers, Health, Health bodies, Health matters, Higher learning, HIV status, HIV/AIDS, HiV/AIDS in South Africa, Human Beings, Human Equity and Art (Heart), Human rights, Hurt, Inconsiderate, Independence, Influenced, Interpretation, Johannesburg, Knowledge, Language, Lebo Mashile, Poetry, Steve Letsike, Theatre performance, University of Johannesburg, Youth, Zazi launch | Tagged Act, Action, activism, Activists, Another approach is possible, Art, Articles, artists, Arts, Audience, beauty, Collaborations, community, Connections, Culture, Democracy, Documentary, Education, exhibition, Experience, Expression, Feelings, Freedom, Friendships | 3 Comments

2014 Sept. 8: Manku and her niece buried next to each other

Posted on September 11, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

Text by Lerato Dumse Photos by Kamo Petlele The joint funeral of lesbian activist Manku Maduwane (52) and her niece Monica Maduwane (36) was held at the Kwa-Thema Civic Hall on September 7. The two women passed away on September … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Act, Action, activism, Activists, Another approach is possible, Articles, Audience, beauty, Bereavement, Black Lesbian, Blackness, Bodies, Cervical cancer, Coffin, Collaborations, community, Community members, Connections, Culture, Death, Democracy, Documentary, documentation, Education, Experience, Expression, Family, Feelings, Freedom, Friendships, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Human beings, human rights, Johannesburg, KwaThema, Life, Living..., Loss, Manku & Monica Maduwane's funeral, Manku Maduwane, Pallbearers, Relatives, Remembrance, Sadness, Short illness, Tears, the lesbian activist, Tshidi Porota, Vlakfontein cemetery | 7 Comments

2014 Sept. 9: Eleven Triple One (11 – 111)

Posted on September 9, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

My Country, South Africa, in 1976, racial segregation destroyed South Africa, and South Africans. Having to be striped of your own land. Be told that you have nothing. Why do they take if they say you have nothing? Why … Continue reading →

Posted in Archiving Queer Her/Histories in SA, Art Activism in South Africa, Art Edutainment, Art Is A Human Right, Art Solidarity, Beauty, Before You, Connections | Tagged Act, Action, activism, Activists, Another approach is possible, Art, Articles, artists, Arts, Audience, beauty, Bereavement, Black Lesbian, Black lesbians, Blackness, Bodies, brutality | Leave a comment

2014 June 22: An intimate portrait of Somalian trans-woman

Posted on June 25, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Abdi Osman Labeeb is an intimate portrait of Sumaya, a Somali trans-woman. The project consists of large-scale colour photographs, and a double-projection video. Some of the photographs are studio portraits where Sumaya sat for the artist; others depict … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Art Edutainment, Art Is A Human Right, Photographs, Power of the Voice, Recognition, Records and histories, trans bodies, trans-ing, Uncategorized, Video, Visual democracy, Visual history, Visual history is a Right not a luxury, Visual Language, Visual Power | Tagged Abdi Osman, Act, activism, African leaders, artists, Arts, Body politics, Culture, exhibition, gender, Gender naming, Gladstone Hotel in Toronto, Labeeb, Life, Photography, Project, Religion, Somali, Studio Photography, Toronto, Trans-woman, Transgenderism, Transition, We love photography | 2 Comments

2014 June 20: Difficult Screenings

Posted on June 24, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

By Pam Dlungwana Where We’re At! Other Voices on Gender is an exhibition curated by Christine Eyene at the Bozar Palais Des Beaux-Arts Brussels as part of the month of Photography 2014. As a curatorial project it aimed to … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Female Body, Discussion, Event, Interviews, lgbti, Life, Media clippings, Organisations, Paris, Platform, programme, queerity | Tagged Act, activism, Africa, Africa and the Pacific, Amnesty International, artists, Arts, Audience, Being (T)here (2009), Being scene, Black Lesbian, Bozar, Bozar Palais Des Beaux-Arts Brussels, Caitlin and I (2009), Caribbean, Christine Eyene, Constitution, Curator, Difficult Love screenings, Documentary, Fundamentalists, Gay laws, Government, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Inkanyiso media, Love, Mainstream media, Miss Black Lesbian (2009), Pam Dlungwana, Photography, Professionals, Protests, Religion, Sanctions, South Africa, Spana my child, Violence, Visual activism, Where We’re At! Other Voices on Gender, Zanele Muholi | 3 Comments

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 Act, activism, Activists, Anniversary, Another approach is possible, Articles, artists, Arts, Bab' and Mrs Ndlela, Black Lesbian Married Couple, Charmain Carrol, Follow up, Friendships, Life, Love, Photographer, Relationship, Sponsored by Zanele Muholi, Tenderness | 6 Comments

2014 June 17: Uprising with EPOC and the black LGBTI community in Ekurhuleni

Posted on June 23, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Lebo Mashifane June 16 is known as Youth day in South Africa. On the 16th of June 1976, there was an uprising in the township of Soweto, with students protesting the introduction of Afrikaans in schools, a way to keep … Continue reading →

Posted in Afrikaans, After party, Apartheid, Archived memories, Archiving Queer Her/Histories in SA, Art Edutainment, Duduza, Ekurhuleni Pride Organising Committee (EPOC), Gauteng, Inkanyiso media, June uprising, KwaThema, KwaTsaDuza, Liberation, Lost Lives, March, pamphlets, Protests, Safety and Health, School uniforms, Solidarity, Speaking for ourselves, T-shirts, Tavern, Tsakane, Visual Activist, Visual Arts, Visual democracy, Visual history, Young talent | Tagged Act, activism, Activists, Another approach is possible, Articles, Black Lesbian Youth, Campaign to end homophobia, Community members, Community outreach, EPOC, Johannesburg, June 16. 2014, Lebo Mashifane, LGBTI community in Ekurhuleni, Report, Visual activism, Words, Writing is a Right | 1 Comment

2014 June 16 : Remembering Thapelo with a broken heart

Posted on June 22, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Tsepo Kgatlhane Lebo Mathosa once said: “You cannot deny death. You cannot fear it. I am sure that God has a better place for us, if you are a good believer.” This memorial is written to celebrate … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 June 16, Archived memories, Archiving Queer Her/Histories in SA, Art Activism in South Africa, Blackness, Coffin, Commemorating the queer youth we lost along the way, Commitment, Committed, Contributors, Education, Emotional support, Empowerment, Evidence, Exchanging Queer thoughts, Female Photographers, From Cape Town to Kuruman, Hate Crimes, Hate crimes Victims names, Justin Davy, Northern Cape, Thapelo Makuthle's funeral documented by Zanele Muholi/ Inkanyiso, Videography, Zanele Muholi documented Thapelo Makutlhe's funeral in 2012 | Tagged 16 June 2012, 2 years later, Act, activism, Articles, Brutal, Commemoration, Death, Educator, God, Hate crime, Heart, Life, Love, Never lived long enough, Poem, Prayer, Relationship, Remembrance, Seasons of the year, Thapelo Makuthle, Tsepo Kgatlhane | 2 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 2013 June 20 Muholi s movements, Act, activism, Arts, Dedication, Faces and Phases in Norway, hate crimes, iPhone captures realities, Maureen Majola, Princess of Norway, South African Queer history, Valerie Thomas | Leave a comment

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