Tag Archives: Black lesbians

2015 July 1: Accepting my calling

Posted on July 14, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Phila Mbanjwa This is my story about the remains of pride, which I had the opportunity to experience. My reality of sharing space with total strangers that I met in Johannesburg, during the Yithi Laba Intergenerational Dialogue conference. The event was … 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 | Tagged Act, Action, activism, Activists, Another approach is possible, Articles, artists, Audience, beauty, Black lesbian writers, Black lesbians, Brains, Collaborations, Cool Runnings, Education, Emotion, Experience, Friendships, Homosexuality, Human beings, human rights, Inkanyiso media, Life, Living..., Love, Loving, performance, Phila Mbanjwa, Photography, Piece, Poetry, Pride, Relationships, Tinashe Wakapila, Writing is a Right, Yithi Laba conference | 1 Comment

2015 July 10: How it all started

Posted on July 14, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Sharon “Sicka” Mthunzi It all started with a ‘selfie’ captured using my cell phone. I remember I used to look in the mirror with a phone on my left hand, and take pictures of myself. Before the birth of … Continue reading →

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2015 July 8: Reflections of co-organising an exhibition

Posted on July 12, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Collen Mfazwe I always thought that artists give orders to the gallery and brief them on what they want to see on the day of the exhibition. Well, I have learned that its not like that, as an artist, … Continue reading →

Posted in Archived memories, Creating awareness, Exhibition, From Johannesburg to Oslo, Power of the Voice, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources | Tagged 21/21/2015 exhibition, Act, Action, Activists, Another approach is possible, Articles, Audience, beauty, Black lesbians, Collaborations, Collen Mfazwe, community, Education, Experience, Expression, Family, Feelings, Friendships, Homosexuality, Human beings, human rights, Inkanyiso media, Life, Living..., Love, Loving, Photography, Relationships, Respect, Sexuality, VACEP 2015, Vibeke Hermanrud and Henriette Stensdal, Visual activism, Visual history, We love photography, Women, Words, Writing is a Right | 3 Comments

2015 June 19: Travelling to another country is not the same as travelling to another province

Posted on July 2, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Collen Mfazwe It is everyone’s dream to travel internationally and not everyone gets that chance. I happen to be a lucky fish in the sea, by getting the opportunity to travel abroad. Nothing beats hard work and pushing yourself, … Continue reading →

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2015 June 25: Christie shines @ Cafe Sør in Oslo

Posted on June 26, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

What for: Oslo Pride events Photos by Lindeka Qampi/ Inkanyiso media Camera used: Canon 6d with 50mm lens hand held In Resilience by Christie van Zyl “Dear Young Black Lesbian With Faces and Phases anew Your life has officially … 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 Africans Abroad, Art, Art Activism, ArtVolumes, Black Lesbian professionals, Black lesbians, black queer visibility, Cafe Sør, Christie van Zyl, Collaborations, Collectivism, Difficult hearing, Disrespect, Existence, Experience, Feelings, FossilSoul, Friendships, Gallery, Inkanyiso media, Kunstplass[10], Life, Love, Monitors, Norway;, Ode to the Young Black Lesbian, Oslo Pride 2015, performance, Photos by Lindeka Qampi, Poetry, Project, Queer Lives, Relationships, Represent, Resilience, Respect, Sound, Space, Stage, Stereotypes, Support, Time, Travel diaries, VACEP 2015, Visibility, Visual activism, Voices, We love photography, Words | 5 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 15: Being given the opportunity to study photography

Posted on June 16, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

My name is Mamello Motaung, I started my career in photography at the Market Photo Workshop (MPW), on the 4th of March 2015. Zanele Muholi introduced me to MPW. The first week of my schooling was hectic. I didn’t know … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Edutainment, Art is Queer, As we are, Before You, Black Lesbians, Camera, Confidence, Edited by Lerato Dumse, From Daveyton township with love, Knowledge, Muholi Internship & Mentorship Programme, Passion, Writing is a Right | Tagged Acceptance, Action, Activists, Another approach is possible, Archive, Article, beauty, Being, Black Lesbian photographers, Black lesbians, Blackness, Body, Camera work, Career, Collaborations, Culture, Democracy, Edited by Lerato Dumse, Faces and Phases, Inkanyiso media, Johannesburg, Judge, Knowledge, Learn, Life story, Live, Love, Loving, Mamello 'Meme' Motaung, Market Photo Workshop, Opportunity, Participants..., Photography, Relationships, Visual history, We love photographs, We love photography, Zanele Muholi | 1 Comment

2015 June 7: My Yithi Laba experience

Posted on June 13, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Shaz ‘Sicka Star-ban’ Mthunzi On Friday, 5th of June 2015 we had our first conference called Yithi Laba, it was one of many more to come in the future which will involve Faces and Phases participants from different fields hosted by … Continue reading →

Posted in Abantu, Activism, Allies, Archived memories, Archiving Queer Her/Histories in SA, Art Activism in South Africa, Art Edutainment, Art Is A Human Right, Black Queer & Gifted, Butch Mbokodo, Collectivism, Community Mobilizing, Filmmaking, Life, Love, Memory, Motivation, Opinion, Participation, Realities, Relationships, Shaz 'Sicka' Mthunzi, Short report, Visual activism, We are beautiful, We Are You, We love photographs, We Still Can with/out Resources | Tagged 2015, 21 Years of democracy, Acceptance, Act, Action, Another approach is possible, Art, Articles, “Kea” Refilwe Modise Moloto, beauty, Being, Black Lesbian Youth, Black lesbians, Bodies, Braamfontein, Christie van Zyl, Collaborations, community, Con Hill, Connections, Culture, Dedication, dialogue, Documenting our lives, Faces and Phases participants, Family, If not documented it means never existed, Inkanyiso media, Intergenerational movement, Johannesburg, Joy, Laughter, Lerato Dumse, Lindeka Qampi, Malibongwe Swane, Mothers, Mothers of Lesbians, Mzonke Madotyeni, Organizers, Our lives in the picture, Our pride, Participants..., Photography, Presentations, South Africa, Support, Words, Writing is a Right, Yithi Laba conference, Young Women's Initiatives, Zanele Muholi | 3 Comments

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Tag Archives: Black lesbians

2015 July 1: Accepting my calling

2015 July 8: Reflections of co-organising an exhibition

2015 June 19: Travelling to another country is not the same as travelling to another province

2015 June 25: Christie shines @ Cafe Sør in Oslo

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 15: Being given the opportunity to study photography

2015 June 7: My Yithi Laba experience

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