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2014 June 29: Photos from LGBTI Breakfast Discussion

Posted on June 30, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

  When:  6th June 2014 Where:  Hilton Hotel, Sandton, Johannesburg.       The US Embassy held a breakfast session with SA LGBTI experts and stakeholders. The session was to engage the U.S Export-Import Bank chairperson, Mr Fred Hochberg, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Chief of Mission Mrs Virginia Palmer, Delegation, Memory, Mmapaseka Steve Letsike, SA LGBTI experts, Sexual and Gender Based Violence against LGBTI, Sexuality, Sexuality in South Africa, Sharing knowledge, U.S Export-Import Bank, US Embassy, We Are You, We Care, We Love Photography | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

 by Sebenzile Langa (previously known as Nkosi) As hard as it is, it is so worth it. My marimba band performed at this year’s Sasol Bird Fair 2014 and they have been performing at the festival since 2011. Every year they get better. … Continue reading →

Posted on June 30, 2014 by inkanyiso2009 | Leave a comment

2014 June 27: A classy night at the Singapore O.P.E.N

Posted on June 29, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Fikile Mazambani “I feel like I am receiving an award from Singapore” At the invitation of Ong Keng Sen, the director of the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA), Zanele Muholi arrived in Singapore on Friday, 20 June to … Continue reading →

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2014 June 26: Successful Faces and Phases O.P.E.N in Singapore

Posted on June 28, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

  Zanele Muholi speaking at the opening of her exhibition “fo(u)nd”                Noorlinah Mohamed, Director, The O.P.E.N.     Shobha Bhalla, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, India Se        Zizi Azah, Artistic Director of … Continue reading →

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2014 June 26: When photography is our religion

Posted on June 26, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

  All Photos by Lerato Maduna © 27/11/2012 What:  Faces and Phases exhibition opening When:  2 Years ago (27th November 2012) Where:  Goethe-Institut Südafrika, 119 Jan Smuts Ave, Parkwood. Johannesburg.    Where are they now?   Ayanda Moremi got married to … Continue reading →

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2014 June 17: Muholi’s Ryerson University (RIC) Talk

Posted on June 25, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Fikile Mazambani 36 of more than 240 black and white portraits that make up Faces and Phases (2006-2014), hung in the Ryerson Image Centre as part of an exhibition meant to coincide with Toronto’s World Pride celebrations. Zanele Muholi, … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Lesbian Artists, Mainstream media, Public spaces, Queer Africa, Ryerson University, Visual Arts, Visual democracy, Visual history is a Right not a luxury, Visual Language, Visual Power, Visual Voices, Visualizing public spaces, We Are You, We Care, We Love Photography, We Still Can with/out Resources, We were (t)here, When Love is a Human Right, Women's power, Women; Voices; Writings; Education; Traditions; Struggles; Cultures, Words, Writing is a Right | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 16 Comments

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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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2014 June 10: The Ndlela’s are still committed to love

Posted on June 22, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Charmain Carrol On the 6th of June 2014, I had the pleasure of accompanying the Ndlela’s to Cape Town, to celebrate their first wedding anniversary.  It seems like it was just last month when I attended their wedding in Durban … Continue reading →

Posted in Archived memories, Archiving Queer Her/Histories in SA, As we are, Beauty, Black Lesbian, Black Lesbian Congregants, Black Lesbian professionals, Black lesbian wedding, Members of VMCI in Durban, Relationships, Solidarity, South Africa, Speaking for ourselves, Textualizing Our Own Lives, Traditions & Customs, Visual Activist, Visual history is a Right not a luxury, Visual Language, Visual Power, Visualizing public spaces, We Are You, We Love Photography, We Still Can with/out Resources, We were (t)here, When Love is a Human Right, Women's power, Women; Voices; Writings; Education; Traditions; Struggles; Cultures, Words, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi, Ziningi & Delisile Ndlela, Zulu is a South African language | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments