Tag Archives: Life

2015 June 10: ”Forgiving is costly”

Posted on July 4, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Nosipo Solundwana My laughter has turned into a frown, I can’t bare thinking about my life before and now. A lot has changed, I gave up my life to be here and thought I would be happy, but all … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Creating awareness, Expression, Freedom to be..., Loving, Power of the Voice, Re-presentation, South Africa, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Words, Writing is a Right, Writing matters | Tagged ''Forgiving is costly'', Black Lesbian, Challenges, Destruction of others, Difficult, Emancipate, Emotions, Faces and Phases participant, Feelings, Forgiveness, Happy, Hatred, Life, Loss, Nosipo Solundwana, Ownership, Pain, Perpetration, Photo by Lindeka Qampi/Inkanyiso, Pride, Reconcile, Regret, Relationships, Release, Self-absorption, Self-destruction, Sexuality, Shame, Tears, True, Visual history | 3 Comments

2015 June 27: My best Oslo Pride

Posted on June 27, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Zanele Muholi Where: Oslo, Norway Camera used: Canon 6d with 85mm and 50mm lenses For what: VACEP initiative … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 Oslo Pride, A new visual history, Act, Acting, Activated queer spaces, Active Black Lesbian Artists in South Africa (ABASA), Activism, Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Collaborations, Connections, Creating awareness, Inkanyiso media, Kunstplass 10, Norway, Pride is political, Queer visibility, Queer World, VACEP, Visual activism, Visuals are US, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, We were (t)here, Well organized event, Women's power, Words, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi | Tagged Act, Action, activism, Amnesty International, beauty, Christie van Zyl, Collen Mfazwe, Education, Experience, Expression, Feelings, Friendships, Henriette Stedental, Human beings, Lerato Dumse, Life, Lindeka Qampi, LLH, Love, Photographs, Queer World, Relationships, Respect, Sexuality, Vibeke Hermanrud, Visual history | 6 Comments

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 →

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2015 June 13: For my family with love

Posted on June 24, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

Self portraits taken for my grandchildren to note that I exist… Location: 200 South Street Inn Charlottesville, Virginia, US. During the Look3 foto festival I took this photo in my hotel room as I wondered how to approach my conversation … Continue reading →

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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 →

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2015 May 28: Day Two in London

Posted on June 17, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Dalisu Ngobese Just two days in and I find myself giving another lost noob directions around London district, classic case of the blind leading the blind. I think it was beginner’s luck though, the guy just happened to be … Continue reading →

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2015 June 1: “Thank you Mother”

Posted on June 12, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

“As I’m growing a year old older just want to thank her for the past 23 years I have and for being alive!” To be a mother is not an easy task Yet you do it proudly everyday no matter … Continue reading →

Posted in Activists Act, Allies, Archived memories, Art Is A Human Right, Before You, Commitment, Community, Family matters, Words, Writing is a Right | Tagged Acceptance, Achieve, Act, Action, activism, Activists, Anele 'Anza' Khaba, Another approach is possible, Appreciation, Art, Article, Arts, beauty, Being, Being born, Birthday, Black Lesbian, Black Lesbian professionals, Blackness, Collaborations, Comfort, community, Connections, Deed, Despair, Emotionally, Expression, Faces and Phases, Feelings, Forget, Freedom, Friendships, Future, Grateful to my mother, Heart, Life, Living..., Love, Mother, Motherhood, Participants..., Person, Precious gift, Special day for Anza, Tears, Times | 2 Comments

2015 May 30: The Deutsche Borse exhibition opening that was…

Posted on May 30, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

Where: The Photographers Gallery London. Photos by MaliQ & Renee Mussai and Lerato Dumse When: 2015/04/16 For 2015 Deutsche Borse Photo Prize Cameras used: iPhone 6 and Canon 6d … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Creating awareness, Expression, Power of the Voice, South Africa, South African lesbians, Textualizing Our Own Lives, Visual activism, Visual activism is a language, Visual Activist, Visual democracy, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right | Tagged Act, Action, activism, Activists, Allies, Collaborations, Education, Experience, Feelings, Freedom to be me..., Homosexuality, Human beings, Inscriptions, Life, London, Photography, Relationships, Respect, Sexuality, The Photographers Gallery, We love photography, Zanele Muholi | Leave a comment

2015 May 6: Snow Black and the Huntsman – Musings on the work of Zanele Muholi

Posted on May 21, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Liona Nyariri Zanele Muholi: Isibonelo/Evidence Brooklyn Museum, New York 1 May – 1 November 2015 I’m standing on the gallery floor at the Brooklyn Museum, looking down into a transparent glass coffin that lies at my feet. Inside the … Continue reading →

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