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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 Sept. 12: ‘2015, the year of breaking my silence’

Posted on September 12, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Christie van Zyl This year was my first time attending Mbokodo awards ‘Celebrating Women in the Arts’. Ang’zange nga kuzwa ukubumbana kwabantu besifazane kanje. (I have never experienced a solidarity of women so strongly before) Our mission for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Creating awareness, Power of the Voice, South Africa, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right | Tagged 2015 Mbokodo awards, 21 Years of Democracy in South Africa, Acceptance speech, Accomplishment, Address, Ally, Art, Arts & Crafts, Audience, ‘Creative Photography award’, Black women, by Christie van Zyl, Categories, Celebrating Women in the Arts’, Celebration, Collectivism, Dance, Department of Arts and Culture, Education, Educator and mother, Entertainment, Expression, Fashion, Feelings, Freedom, friends, Friendships, Gaining popularity, Heroism, Human beings, Humbled person, Inkanyiso media, LGBTI community, Life, Lindeka Qampi, Lives, Living..., Mainstream media, media, Memory, Mother, Musicians, Network, Nominees, Photography, Positive, Presence, Recognition, Relationships, Respected, Sexuality, Solidarity, Speeches, Statement, struggle, Style, Support, Talent, Thank yous, the winner, Transformation, Visual activism, Visual history, Voices, We love photography, Winners, Words, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi | 1 Comment

2015 Aug. 30: Losing and regaining self love

Posted on September 5, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

My life resembles the story line of the famous English book Dr Jackal and Mr Hyde. I was born Wandile Sincwala on the 17th of July 1988. Later in my teen years I was reborn as Somizy (Somgaga) as most people … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Creating awareness, Expression, Power of the Voice, South Africa, Writing is a Right | Tagged Articles, Audience, Ball gowns, Beauty pageant, Beauty queens, Being, Born 17th July 1988 -, Competing, Confidence, contests, Crowned, Cultural Activists, Daveyton township, Diploma in Tourism, Education, Empowerment, Experience, Face, facial incident, Fashion, Feelings, Freedom, friends, Fun, Gay, Hairstylist, Homosexuality, Hospitalized, Human beings, human rights, Impact, Inspiration, Jewellery, Johannesburg, Lesiba Mothibe, LGBTI, Life, Lindeka Qampi, Living..., Love, Matric, Miss Black Pride, Miss Daveyton, Miss Gay Daveyton 2015, Miss Gay Ekurhuleni, Miss Gay Jozi, Miss Gay Queens of Queens., Miss Gay Soweto, Miss Gay Valentine, Miss Mzansi Pride 2014, Organisation, Pageants, Pain, Photographs, Qualification, Rehearsals, Relationships, Somizy Sincwala, Springs College, Standing tall, Student, Style, Support, Surprised, Survived, Time, Uthingo, Visual activism, Visual history, Words | 4 Comments

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 →

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, Articles, Artist;, beauty, Braamfontein, community, Deaf beauty queen, Educated, Embrace, Experience, Fashion, Feelings, Fortunate, Free State, Gay, Human beings, Learnership, Life, Malolo Mofokeng, Miss Gay Jozi, Miss Gay Soweto, Miss Gay Vaal, Miss Simply Blue, Pageant, Perception, Positive attitude, QwaQwa, Respect, Role model, Sexual orientation, society, Style, Visual history, Words, Writing is a Right | 2 Comments

2015 Aug. 14: A football match like no other

Posted on August 18, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

Text by Siba Nkumbi Photos by Lindeka Qampi Let me begin this one with a question: Why is it that in the history of South African women’s football, in fact women’s sports, we still have male coaches? Show me a … Continue reading →

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2015 Aug. 8: Celebrated my late sister’s life

Posted on August 17, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Boitumelo ‘Tumi’ Nkopane At 16:45pm on the 4th of June 2015 I met with Ayanda “Kiss” Masina at Tsakane taxi rank. We were meeting as participants of Faces and Phases/Yithi Laba Intergenerational Conference, held at Constitution Hill (Con Hill) from the 5 … Continue reading →

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2015 Aug. 10: A true definition of reality

Posted on August 10, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Siba Nkumbi Chubby Vogue Divas, using confidence as their weapon of mass destruction! 59 Years later after the march of women to the union buildings, chubby vogue divas were marching in style and class to eliminate discrimination against plus … Continue reading →

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2015 July 15: Doing the best for my daughter

Posted on August 5, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

I am Thembisa Cordelia Mhlawuli known as Lovey. I was born in Cape Town in Somerset Hospital. My parents are Nomthandazo Patricia known as ‘Pat’ and Welile Christopher Mhlawuli. I am the last-born, my sister’s name is Carol and brother’s is Ezmond. I stayed … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Parents, We are beautiful, We are capable, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Women who have sex with Women, Women who love women, Women's power, Women's struggles, Women; Voices; Writings; Education; Traditions; Struggles; Cultures, Worked for us, Writing matters, Writing our own, Xhosa is a South African language, Young female writer | Tagged Accepted, Admiration, Black Lesbian mother, Cape Town, Daughter, Decision, Degrading, Education, Experience, Expression, Family, Fashion, FreeGender, friends, Hate crime survivor, Human being, Isitabane is a derogatory term, Khayelitsha, Late bloomer, LGBTI, Liberated, Life, Life story, Love, North Link College, Out of the Closet, Peace, Relationship, Safety, sense, Sex, Sexuality, Style, Survived, Thembisa Mhlawuli, Work, Writing is a Right | 6 Comments

2014 Aug. 1: Chubby Vogue Divas: A Critique of the Female Body

Posted on August 5, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

A photographic body of work by Charmain Carrol. Chubby Vogue Divas exhibition is by a Market Photo Workshop graduate Charmain Carrol, (Photographer) which is a series of 21 photos of big black women who get to feel good … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Creating awareness, Power of the Voice, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right | Tagged 21 photos, 6th of August 2015, Act, Action, Alexandra, Appreciate, Article, Charmain Carrol, Chubby Vogue Divas, Con Hill, Constitution Hill, Eskhawini in KwaZulu-Natal, exhibition, Experience, Expression, Fashion, Feeling, Friendships, Fuller figures, gender, Hermmersdale, Human beings, human rights, Inkanyiso media, Johannesburg, Kwamashu, Learn, Love, Models, Picture Power, Platform, Port Shepstone, Portrayal of Women in Magazines, Press Release, Relationships, Respect, Secunda, Shapes and sizes, South Africa, Soweton Gauteng and Durban, struggle, The journey, Umlazi, Visual history, Visual project, Voices, Weight, Women, Words, Yaya Mavundla | 1 Comment

2015 June 29: The day my journey started

Posted on July 5, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

I am Thando Nkonzwana, originally from Cape Town. I would love to tell you about my recent journey. Everything is a new chapter to me, the traveling and meeting new faces. The 18th of June 2015 was my first time … Continue reading →

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2015 Sept. 12: ‘2015, the year of breaking my silence’

2015 Aug. 30: Losing and regaining self love

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

2015 Aug. 14: A football match like no other

2015 Aug. 10: A true definition of reality

2015 July 15: Doing the best for my daughter

2014 Aug. 1: Chubby Vogue Divas: A Critique of the Female Body

2015 June 29: The day my journey started

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