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2014 Dec. 7: The joys and pains of organising Faces and Phases (2006-14) book launch

Posted on December 8, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Lerato Dumse Apart from reading about it, and maybe seeing them in movies, the first time I attended a book launch in which I feature amongst many black lesbians and transgender individuals was on November 7, 2014 held at … Continue reading →

Posted in Archived memories, Being, Creating awareness, Dedication, Disappointing missing glasses, Discipline, Expression, Featuring, Journalist, Power of the Voice, Representation, South Africa, We Are You, We Care, We love photographs, We Love Photography, We Still Can with/out Resources, We were (t)here, Well organized event, When Love is a Human Right, Witnesses, Woman, Women in South African Arts, Women loving women, Women who have sex with Women, Women's power, Writing is a Right | Tagged Act, Action, activism, Another approach is possible, Articles, artists, Arts, Audience, Aurora Girls High School, “"Faces and Phases 2006-14”, Bandile Gumbi, beauty, Black Lesbian, Black lesbians, Budget, Call Centres, Calling people, Collaborations, Communication skills, community, Community organizing, Education, Events organizer, Excitement, exhibition, Experience, Expression, Family, Feelings, FEW, Food and drinks, Human beings, Inkanyiso media, Johannesburg, Launch, Market Photo Workshop, Market Photo Workshop (MPW), Members, Notebook, Participants..., Praying, Pride, Priority, Public Relations, Rain, Ratanda LGBTI, Reading, Relationships, Respect, Reviving the culture of reading and writing, Safe and security of LGBTI community members, Sexuality, Soweto, Steidl, Stevenson gallery, Thanks to Goethe Institut, Tisa Tshiriletso, Transport, Visual activism, Visual history, Walther Collection, Wattville LGBTI, We love our fellow LGBTI, Words, Writing, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi | 1 Comment

2014 Nov. 26: Freedom…that’s all we need

Posted on December 6, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

We write letters into ANCient scrolls with ANCient mentalities that refuses to act now… We recite poems into dead societies with zombies in suits and big bellies.. Nobody hears us, we are in the basement of their thoughts… long forgotten … Continue reading →

Posted in 16 Days of Activism, a black lesbian, Abusers, Act, Acting, Activated queer spaces, Activists, Activists Act, African, African Queer Beauty, Africanised, Against violence on women and children, Another Approach Is Possible, Background, by Thuthula Sodumo, Family, Freedom, Friends, Hell, Let us eliminate violence, Man, Men, No Violence, Politics of existence, Questioning, Related links, Support is the system, Terrified, We Are You, We Care, Writing matters | Tagged Articles, artists, Audience, beauty, Birthing, brutality, Choice, Collaborations, community, Death, Earth, Education, Experience, Expression, Feelings, Force, God, hate crimes, Hell, Home, Human beings, human rights, Inkanyiso media, Intense, Lies, Living..., Loss, Love, Menstrual pains, Mentality, Pain, Perversity, Photography, Praying, Protection, Raging, Raped, Relationships, Respect, Sad, Sexuality, Silence, Stoned, Strike, Suffering, Suffers, Thoughts, Vagina, Victim, Visual activism, Voices, Writing is a Right | 3 Comments

2014 Dec. 1: “I lost my mom, she died in my hands”

Posted on December 2, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

My name is Sifiso Leornard Nkosi known as Candice. I was born on the 9th May 1987 in Tsakane, Eastrand, Johannesburg. I was raised by my grandmother, and my mother. My grandmother played an important part in my life. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Act, Acting, Activated queer spaces, Activists, Beach, Beautiful, Career, Caring citizens, Claiming the public spaces, Contests, Death, Fashion, Friends with Yaya, Gaysbian, Johannesburg, Lessons learnt, LGBT community, Life Stories, Life story, Like to travel, Loss of parents, Member of an organisation, Queer Pride, The beach is ours, together, Together we can, Togetherness, Words, Writing is a Right, young black queer and gifted | Tagged Action, Another approach is possible, Articles, Beach Art, Beauty queen, Black Lesbian, Education, Experience, Expression, Family, Fashion, Feelings, Friendships, Gay community in South African townships, Homosexuality, Human beings, human rights, Influence, Inkanyiso media, Life, Living..., Love, Loving, Photography, Relationships, Respect, Sfiso Candice Nkosi, Story, Traditional gear, Upbringing, Visual activism, Visual history, Voices, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi | Leave a comment

2014 Nov. 26: Faces and Phases mini book launch @ RFSL, Stockholm

Posted on November 27, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

Photos by Miles Rutendo Tanhira, Mutsa Honnor and Zanele Muholi Left to right:Mutsa Honnor and Miles Tanhira, Harare, Zimbabwe, 2011. Details … Continue reading →

Posted in Committed, Creating awareness, Friends, From Harare to Stockholm, LGBTI activists abroad, Power of the Voice, South Africa, We Are You, We Still Can with/out Resources | Tagged Act, Action, Activists, Africans in Sweden, Another approach is possible, Applied for asylum, Art, Articles, Audience, beauty, Before and After, Black Lesbian, Captions, Collaborations, Connected, Connection, Curious, Education, exhibition, Experience, Expression, Faces and Phases book tour, Family, Fashion, Feelings, Foreigners, from Zimbabwe, Happiness, Homosexuality, Hosted by Miles Rutendo Tanhira, I love people, I was (t)here, Laughter, Launching own book, Loved, Lovers, Loving, Mutsa Honnor, New friendships, Participants..., Questions and Answers, Relationships, RFSL, Stockholm, Uniqueness, Visiting friends, Visual history, We are making history, We Care, We love photography, Words, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi, Zimbabwean activists | 7 Comments

2014 Nov. 24: Our Photographs have been taken

Posted on November 26, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Junie Sihlangu I’ve always been a fan of Zanele Muholi’s work and it was such an honour to get to review her book Faces and Phases 2006–14. I honestly thought it would be just a bunch of photos, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 20 Years of Democracy, Act, activism, Activists, Articles, artists, Arts, Arts; Exhibition; Johannesburg; Another approach is Possible; Claiming public spaces; South Africa;, Audience, beauty, Black and White portraiture series, by Junie Sihlangu, Collaborations, Education, Experience, Faces, Faces and Phases book review, Family, Fashion, Featured, Feelings, Friendships, hate crimes, Homosexuality, human rights, Kekeletso Khena, Launched, Lesbian professionals, LGBTI individuals, Love, Photography, Portraits, Recognized, Reflections, Respected, Seen, South Africa, Style, the visual activist, Together we can, Transpeople in the series, Visual biographies, Visual history, Voices, We Care, We love photography, Words, Writing, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi | 5 Comments

2014 Nov. 20: Book Review: Faces and Phases (2006 – 2014)

Posted on November 23, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

There is no single smile in Zanele Muholi’s Faces and Phases 2006-14 book The book was recently launched in Johannesburg South Africa, and is a collection of black and white portraits captured by Zanele Muholi between 2006 to 2014. They … Continue reading →

Posted in Caring citizens, Celebration, Characters, Claiming, Claiming blackness, Collaborations, Commemoration, Commitment, Committed, Faces and Phases (2006 - 2014) book review, We love each other | Tagged Act, Action, activism, Activists, Another approach is possible, Articles, artists, Arts, – Bontlebame NPO, beauty, Being, Black lesbians, blood, Book, community, Compassion, distrust, Education, Emotional support, Emotions, Expression, Family, Fashion, Fear, Feelings, Friendships, grief, he anger, Homosexuality, Human beings, human rights, Hurt, In black and white, Intellectualism, Johannesburg, Kea Modise-Moloto, Killings, Lebo Magaela and Nonkululeko Sharon Mthunzi, Life, Living..., Love, numbness, Nunu Sigasa, Pain, Photographs, South Africa, Support, Tears, The 2013 Mr Daveyton winners. From Left - Right: Nontuthuzelo Mduba, unAfrican, vulnerability, We love photography, Winners, Words, Writing is a Right | 9 Comments

2014 Nov. 21: I’m cut in two

Posted on November 23, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Christie van Zyl What if a non-discriminatory love was re-instated as the only mantra of Love? What if all forms of love were celebrated with no incidents of hate processing them before they are allowed to exist freely? What … Continue reading →

Posted in Dedication, Democracy, Participant, Skin, Smile | Tagged Act, Action, activism, Activists, Another approach is possible, Articles, Audience, beauty, Black lesbians, Celebrating love., Christie van Zyl, Collaborations, Daring, Education, Experience, Expression, Family, Feelings, For my grandchildren, Friendships, Homosexuality, human rights, I love Forbidden Fruits” - Toya Delazy, Lesbians over 40, Life, Living..., Love, Mixed race, My love, My pride, Not scared, Photography, Reflection, Relationships, Respect, Same gender love, Sexuality, Visual activism, Visual history, Voices, Words, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi, ZuFre is our language | 2 Comments

2014 Oct. 29: Announcement – 2015 Light Work Artists-in-Residence

Posted on November 16, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

We Are Pleased to Announce The 2015 Light Work Artists-in-Residence Every year Light Work invites between twelve and fifteen artists to come to Syracuse to devote one month to creative projects. Over 400 artists have participated in Light Work’s Artist-in-Residence Program, … Continue reading →

Posted in Acceptance, Act, Activism, Activists, Activists Act, Africa, African, Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Archiving Queer Her/Histories in SA, Art Activism, Art Edutainment, Art Is A Human Right, Art is Queer, Art Solidarity, Article, Articles, Articulation, Artist Talk, Artists, Arts, Arts & Culture, As we are, Attention, Background, Survivor, Thoughts, Time, together, Together we can, Togetherness, Translation, Trust, Visibility, Vision, Visual activism, Visual Arts, Visual democracy, Visual diaries | Tagged Announcement, Another approach is possible, Application, Articles, Artist-in-Residence, beauty, Collaborations, community, Education, exhibition, Experience, Expression, Family, Fashion, Feelings, Homosexuality, Human beings, Life, Light Work's Artist-in-Residence Program, Living..., Love, New York, Over 400 artists have participated, Photography, Relationships, residency, South Africa, State-of-Art, Visual history, Voices, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi | Leave a comment

2014 Oct. 30: “Do you remember me?”

Posted on November 9, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

It has been two months since you passed on. There has never been a day that went by since that dreadful day that I have not thought of you. Each day that passes with tears in my eyes I think of you … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Sexual Liberation, Sexual orientation, Sexuality, Sexuality in South Africa, Sharing, Sharing knowledge, Sharing thoughts, South African Visual Activism, Space, Speaking for ourselves, Women's struggles, Women's Work, Womenonwomen, Words, Worked for us, Writing is a Right, Years, Youth, Youth voices | Tagged Anger, Angry, Arguments, Articles, “Do you remember me?”, Better, Bitter, Blame, Body, Cancer, Catherine Mabe Manku Maduwane, Challenges, Confess, Confession, Connected, Cry, Dearly, Dreams, Eyes, Feelings, Friendship, Future, God, Good times., Hands, Hard, Health, Heart, Heartbreaking, Help, ifetime, Impact, Joys, Laughs, Life, Lifetime, Living..., Loss, Love, Loving, Loving freely, Pain, Questions, Relationship, Respect, sense, Soul, Soul mate, Tears, Thoughts, Time, Touch, Treasure, Tribute, Truth, Understand, Voice | Leave a comment

2014 Oct. 31: Mbokodo awards honor the first ladies of our heritage

Posted on November 5, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

Text by Lerato Dumse Photos by Lindeka Qampi Stilettos, evening dresses, shiny accessories, fresh hairdos, make up and tuxedos were the order of the night, during the third annual Mbokodo Awards. The event took place on October 24 at The … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 Mbokodo awards | Tagged 20 Years of Free Artistic Expression, 2014 Winners, 50 Years, Act, Action, activism, Activists, Amandla!, Another approach is possible, Antoinette Ntuli and Lisa Combrink, Approach, Articles, artists, Audience, beauty, Black Lesbian, Black lesbians, Brenda Ngxoli, Carol Bouwer Productions, Categories, Collaborations, Communities, Delegates, Delegation, Dr Bongi Ngema-Zuma, Education, evening dresses, exhibition, Experience, Expression, Family, Fashion, Feelings, Female performers, fresh hairdos, Friendships, Human beings, Inkanyiso media, Lillian Dube and Harriet Gavshon., Mahotella Queens, make up and tuxedos, Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe, Miriam Makeba, Names, Nhlanhla Nciza, Photography, Photos by Lindeka Qampi, Prof. Pitika Ntuli, Quotations, Respect, SA Dreamgirls, Shado Twala, shiny accessories, Stage, Stilettos, Text by Lerato Dumse, Vanessa Perumal, Visual activism, Visual history, Vocals, Voices, Women, Women in Indigenous Art: Lobolile Ximba Promotion of Language and Story Telling: Antjie Krog Creative Writing: Mmatshilo Motsei Poetry: Nokuthula Zuma Creative Photography: Marlene Neumann Painting: T, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi | 1 Comment

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2014 Dec. 7: The joys and pains of organising Faces and Phases (2006-14) book launch

2014 Dec. 1: “I lost my mom, she died in my hands”

2014 Nov. 26: Faces and Phases mini book launch @ RFSL, Stockholm

2014 Nov. 24: Our Photographs have been taken

2014 Nov. 20: Book Review: Faces and Phases (2006 – 2014)

2014 Nov. 21: I’m cut in two

2014 Oct. 29: Announcement – 2015 Light Work Artists-in-Residence

2014 Oct. 31: Mbokodo awards honor the first ladies of our heritage

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