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2015 Dec. 24: Remembering Magesh Zungu

Posted on December 24, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Lerato Dumse Dry eyes were scarce inside Denis Hurley hall, when Wandile Mkhize asked to speak during his mother’s memorial service. Diakonia Council of Churches Centre hosted Nombulelo “Magesh” Zungu’s memorial service, on Sunday December 20, 2015. Magesh is popularly known as “Mam’ Mfundisi or the first … Continue reading →

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2015 Dec. 8: Cultural exchange from Johannesburg to Sardinia

Posted on December 8, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Lerato Dumse After spending nearly a week in Durban attending a conference with Feminists, Artists, Academics and Activists. On November 30 2015, collaborators and friends, Lindeka Qampi and Zanele Muholi, made their way to Italy. They are participating in … Continue reading →

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2015 Nov. 27: Relationships don’t create happiness but reflect it

Posted on December 8, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Tinashe Wakapila Relationships are simply the mirrors of your happiness; they reflect it and help you celebrate it. Most people enter into relationships with an eye toward what they can get out of them, rather than what they can … 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 Acknowledgement, Article, beauty, by Tinashe Wakapila, Commemorated, community, Decision, Education, Feelings, Friendships, Happiness, Inkanyiso media, Labels, LGBTI, Life, Love, Matrimony, Mirror/ed, Person, Rainbow, Reflection, Relationships, Respect, Sex, Sexuality, Silence, Support, Traditional celebration, Wedding, Words | 4 Comments

2015 Nov. 25: My words are the ink in my blood

Posted on December 5, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Phila Mbanjwa I have found peace through these words from my heart. They are not only inspired by life and love experiences, but form part of what society lives through everyday. I have seen lives ended and dreams shattered. … Continue reading →

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2015 Nov. 30: The priceless opportunity of being reunited with likenesses 

Posted on December 2, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Lebo Mashifane ”Hail, the Dark Lioness” Rocks the sky to tears as it hail on our way home! Yes, it literally hail hard as we left Stevenson Gallery, Johannesburg where the opening of Zanele Muholi’s exhibition entitled ”Somnyama Ngonyama … Continue reading →

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2015 Oct. 18: “I reminisce about her”

Posted on October 19, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Balekane “TK” Moloi As a 27 year old woman growing up in the dusty streets of Duduza, a small township in the eastern wing of Johannesburg, just outside Mpumalanga province. I had a life some would say was an … Continue reading →

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2015 October 2: Liverpool was a great experience

Posted on October 3, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Somizy Sincwala I started entering pageants in 2012 and with my first attempt I was fortunate to be crowned as the first Miss Uthingo 2012. My journey continued after winning Miss Uthingo. I entered Miss Gay Jozi, Miss Gay … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Creating awareness, Expression, Power of the Voice, South Africa, Visibility, Visual activism is a language, Visual democracy, Visual history is a Right not a luxury, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right | Tagged a follow up photo shoot, Articles, artists, Audience, BBC Liverpool, beauty, Captioned, Crown, Cultural activist, Education, Everything paid for, Exhibition opening, Experience, Fashion, Feelings, Good hearted person, Good news, Homosexuality, Human beings, Inkanyiso media, International trip, Interview, Lerato Dumse, Life, Loved, Miss Gay Daveyton 2015, Opportunity, Pageants, Participant, Participation, Perseverance, Photography, Queen, Reality, Relationships, Respect, Sexuality, Somizy Sincwala, South African visual history, Title, Trip to the UK, Visual activist, Voices, Winner, Words, Zanele Muholi | 1 Comment

2015 Sept. 8: Faces and Phases presented at Hasselblad Foundation

Posted on September 13, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Lerato Dumse We departed from a sunny and humid Syracuse, New York in the USA on the last day of August 2015. Zanele Muholi was selected as an Artist-In-Residence, a month long stay as part of Light Work AIR. … Continue reading →

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2015 Aug. 28: I have always wanted to enter a pageant

Posted on August 31, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

My name is Malolo Mofokeng also known as Eva. I am a 26 years old drag queen and come from Petrus Steyn in the Free State. I started my schooling in 1996 at Thiboloha School for the Deaf and Blind … Continue reading →

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2015 Aug. 10: Fulfilling a wish

Posted on August 11, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

Text by Lerato Dumse Photos by Muholi Zanele I think black South Africans (maybe even other races) might agree with me that watching African American church services on TV or in movies makes one wish to attend. Their pastor’s sermons … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: beauty

2015 Dec. 24: Remembering Magesh Zungu

2015 Dec. 8: Cultural exchange from Johannesburg to Sardinia

2015 Nov. 27: Relationships don’t create happiness but reflect it

2015 Nov. 25: My words are the ink in my blood

2015 Nov. 30: The priceless opportunity of being reunited with likenesses

2015 Oct. 18: “I reminisce about her”

2015 October 2: Liverpool was a great experience

2015 Aug. 28: I have always wanted to enter a pageant

2015 Aug. 10: Fulfilling a wish

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