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LGBTI Celebrate 20 years of Democracy with ….. Fear

Originally posted on freegender:
On 15/02/2014 last weekend Saturday in Khayelitsha as free gender we where ceabrating life of Zoliswa Nonkonyana.who was brutally murder in Khayelitsha. As lgbti in this 20 of democracy the involvement in codesa discussion about constitution…

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2015 Feb.28: Norwegian press responses on Muholi’s Art of Activism show

What:  Art of Activism Where:  Akershus Art Center On show as from: 21 Feb. – 29 Mar. 2015 Titles: Translated from Norwegian to English by Vibeke Hermanrud, co-founder of Kunstplass 10, Oslo   Source: Blikk – a lesbian and gay … Continue reading

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2015 Feb. 25: Self Portrait of the visual activist

Camera used:  iPhone 5S Location: Foreign Ministry office, Oslo. Norway. “The true content of a photograph is invisible, for it derives from a play, not with form, but with time”. – John Berger (Understanding a Photograph)        

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2015 Feb. 22: Paving a new way forward

by Lerato Dumse South African Ambassador to Norway, Queen Anne Zondo, wrote a new chapter when she opened photographer, Zanele Muholi’s exhibition, at the Akershus Art Center, Lillestrøm, in Oslo, on February 21.   Nearly six years after then minister … Continue reading

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2015 Feb. 21: SA Ambassador to Norway opens Muholi’s exhibition

HERE ARE THE REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR QUEEN ANNE ZONDO AT AN EXHIBITION OF ZANELE MUHOLI’S WORKS AT THE AKERSHUS ART CENTER, LILLESTROM, NORWAY, 21 FEBRUARY 2015   Programme Director Management and staff of the Akershus Art Center and Zanele Muholi … Continue reading

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2015 Feb. 19: Trending with Shaz ‘Sicka’ in Oslo

Where:  Toyen, Oslo, Norway What:  During interview… With:  Themba Vilakazi     Related links   Related articles on this trip   2015 Feb. 15: “I have won again”     and     2015 Feb. 13: From Johannesburg to Oslo … Continue reading

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2015 Feb. 16: VMCI is a home away from home

by Tinashe Wakapila Red, Black and White are always the best definition of love and sharing. On February 15, members of Victory Ministries Church International (VMCI) looked bright, while wearing these colours. They were commemorating Valentine’s Day, which was celebrated … Continue reading

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2015 Feb. 10: Another round for Norway

by Lerato Dumse Lillestrøm, Norway, is how successful South African photographer/artivist, Zanele Muholi, kicks off her traveling schedule for the year 2015. Apart from on-going shows such as her Midsumma exhibition in Australia, titled Visual Activism. Black and White portraits from her lifetime project, Faces … Continue reading

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2015 Feb. 4: Kiss is a priority when you marry

The first wedding we documented together. With different members of Inkanyiso crew. … It was that of Pinky and Qondi Zulu (2012 Dec. 22) Location:  Seaview, Durban.   Related links 2013 June 15:  The Durban Lesbian Wedding of the Year   … Continue reading

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2015 Jan. 18: “The millennium” lesbian life wasn’t “simple”

FACES AND PHASES (2006-14) Review by Nthabiseng Stoffel The title for me brought great expectation and curiosity. I thought the faces will have more stories/phases of what they had to go through as black lesbian women. Paging through the book … Continue reading

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