Tag Archives: Race

2018 Oct. 25: Somnyama Ngonyama

Posted on November 6, 2018 by inkanyiso2009

To name ourselves rather than be named, we must first see ourselves – Lorraine O’grady When thinking portraiture, Somnyama Ngonyama is a persistent point of reference. When questioning notions of self-identification, I refer back to this haunting work as though … Continue reading →

Posted in 24 Years of Democracy, Achievement, Act, Active Black Lesbian Artists in South Africa (ABASA), Activists Act, Advocacy, Archive, Archived memories, Art Activism, Art Activism in South Africa, Art Edutainment, Art Is A Human Right, Art is Queer, Uncategorized | Tagged Art is political, Article by Sihle Motsa, Black and White photographs, Book launch, Contrast, Naming, Photography, Race, Self Representation, Somnyama Ngonyama, South Africa, Visibility, Visual activism, Visual arts, Visual culture, Writing is a Right | Leave a comment

2017 April 27: 23 Years of ‘Freedom’

Posted on May 4, 2017 by inkanyiso2009

“The prospect of being given a second chance after 1994 is rather intricate, I say to you now; I am the change I want to see in South Africa. As much as I was once left bruised, violated, lied to, … Continue reading →

Posted in Activists Act, Africans Abroad, Alternative family, Another Approach Is Possible, Articles, Beautiful people, Being heard, Uncategorized | Tagged 23 Years of Freedom in South Africa, 27th April 1994, Apartheid Regime, Article by Siba Nkumbi, Celebration, Citizenship, Color of Freedom, Connections, Expression, Fees Fall, Freedom for All, Friendships, Government, Independence Day, Life, Love, Moments, Nelson Mandela, Opportunities, Peace, Politics, Race, Rainbow nation, Relationships, Respect, So many questions, South African Constitution, struggle, Support, Switzerland, Truth, Youth voices | Leave a comment

2015 Oct. 9: Muholi presents at the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series

Posted on October 15, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

Text by Lerato Dumse Photos by Lerato and Constanza McKinstry A total 360º is the best way to describe the change of weather that awaited Zanele Muholi and I when we arrived in Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA). Unlike the windy … 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 2015 Penny Stamps Distinguished Talk series, Affection, Ann Arbor, “"Faces and Phases 2006-14”, Background, Citizens, Dedication, Distinguished Speaker Series, documentation, Education, Embrace, Experience, Family, Feelings, Human beings, human rights, Intimacy, LGBTI politics in SA, Life, Love, Michigan, Michigan Theatre, Only Half The Picture, Participants..., Perpetrator, Photographs, Portraits, Presentation, Professor Marianetta Porter, Race, Reference, Relationships, Religion, Respect, SA citizen, SA Constitution, South Africa, South African visual history, Traditions, Violence, Visual activist, Voices, Words, Written by Lerato Dumse, Zanele Muholi | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in Bethany Baptist Church, by Lerato Dumse, Carrie Mae Weems, Church, Experience, Fulfilling a wish, God, New York, Syracuse | Tagged 3 generations of women in the picture, Act, Action, activism, Another approach is possible, Art, Art Activism, Articles, Artist-in-Residency, artists, beauty, Being acknowledged, Being involved, Birthdays and Anniversaries, Black lesbians, Celebration, Church announcements, Collaborations, community, East and South side, Education, Experience, Expression, Family, Feelings, Flea market, Friendships, From Johannesburg to Syracuse, God, History, Homosexuality, Human beings, Inkanyiso media, Light Work AIR, Listening, Living..., Love, Memories, Networking, New York upstate, Participation, Proactive, Program, Race, Racial divide, Respect, Sexuality, South Africa, Spirit, Syracuse, Thoughts, Time, Timing, USA, Visual activism, Voices, We love photography, Westside, Words, Writing is a Right | 1 Comment

2015 June 5: Yithi Laba delegates on Constitution Hill tour

Posted on June 10, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

Text by Tinashe Wakapila Photos by Lindeka Qampi/ Inkanyiso Despite the fact that the place was a prison, race was a key factor that led to a lot of mistreatment and human dignity strip down due to the form of … Continue reading →

Posted in Creating awareness, Creative Writing, Writing is a Right | Tagged 2015 Yithi Laba conference, activism, Activities, Apartheid laws, Black lesbians, Blackness, Cells, Communities, Constitution Hill, exhibition, Faces and Phases participants, Freedom fighters, Health, human dignity, Inkanyiso media, Inmates, Isolation, Jail, Johannesburg, Lesbian Born Frees, Lindeka Qampi, Mistreatment, No privacy, Number Four, Photographs, Poor food services, Prison, prisoners, punishment, Race, Sickness, South Africa, Tinashe Wakapila, Torture | 5 Comments

2014 Dec. 5: When black is so strong

Posted on December 6, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

… work in progress. Zanele Muholi working with Valerie Thomas. Where: Belleville, Paris. When: Dec. 2014 What: Having conversations with inner self allowing to be seen without shame Why: Because ‘races matters’ sometimes and gender is really ‘complex’ Period: 365 … Continue reading →

Posted in Being seen, Between the neck, Body, Born by African parents, Coming of Age, Culture, Facial features, Gestures, Hair, Ihlombe, Naked, Portraits of the Self, Reflections, Relationship, Relationship with own body, relative, Remembering, revolution, Ritualistic, Robing, Self discovery, Self mutilation, Self recognition, Self-worth, Style, Subject of Art, Topless, Zulu, Zulu tradition | Tagged Ack, Africa, Always, Back at You, Black, Black aches, Bleeding, Character, Comfortable, Conceptualized by Zanele Muholi, Conversations, Dark, Degraded, Denial, dialogue, Different shades of Black, Doing self, Dressed in a black bag only, Excluded, Fear, Frightened, Gendered race, Humiliated, Hurt, Identified, Learning, Living..., Looking, Love, Majored, Not all Africans are Black, Not scared anymore, Perception, Profiled, Race, Racial profile, ReTitled, Scared, Scarred, Scary, Skin, So many questions, Stripped, Subjugated, Targeted, Thick features, Time, To be continued, Ugly | Leave a comment

2014 Nov. 11: The Artivist and the Doctor

Posted on November 19, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

… extracted from ZaVa series (2014) Camera used: Canon 6D on tripod Related links: http://stevenson.info/exhibitions/muholi/index2014.html 2012, is when we met in Paris… 2 years later feels like 20 years in a lesbian relationship is still ok. We’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Art for Humanity, Art Is A Human Right, Art is Queer, Art Solidarity, Article, Articles, Articulation, Conversation, Facing You, tackling racism through art, Visibility, Vision, Visual activism, Visual Activist, Visual democracy, Visual history | Tagged Another way of protesting, Between lovers, Collaboration, Friendships, Growing, Hobbies, In black and white, Intimacy, Lesbian Sex, Lesbians over 40, Love, Love story, Lovemaking, More to be told, Race, Sexiness, Traveling, Truth, Unplanned, Visibility, Visual activism, We love photographs, When love is so kind, ZaVa series since 2013 | 5 Comments

2014 June 25: I consider myself beautiful not handsome…

Posted on June 28, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

My name is Mamello but am also known as Meme Motaung. Mamello is a South Sotho name meaning perseverance. I was named Mamello by my grandmother and I do not know the reasons behind my name. I am a young proud black lesbian and I … Continue reading →

Posted in Our lives in the picture, Participants, Participation, Photo Expressions, Photographs, Visual Language, Visual Power, Visual Voices, Visualizing public spaces, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, We were (t)here, Words, Writing is a Right, Youth voices | Tagged 1994 -, 2013 Mr & Miss Valentine Gay and Lesbian in Daveyton, 21st Birthday, Act, Activist, AFDA, Ambitious, Another approach is possible, Art, Beautiful, Beauty pageant, Black, Black & White portrait, Black Lesbian, Black Lesbian Queer Youth, Born, Brought up by grandparent, Clothing, Daveyton, Definition, English, Expression, Faces and Phases series, Family, Fashion, Film studies, Friendship, Honored, Inkanyiso media, Label, Life stories, Lost parents, Love, Mamello 'Meme' Motaung, Meme speak Zulu, O.R. Tambo Hospital, Organisation, Perseverance, Photography, Questioning, Race, Relationship, Sepedi, Setswana and a bit of Xhosa, South African languages, Team Dress Fresh, township, Uthingo DAVEYTON | 6 Comments

2014 March 8: Photos from Brown Bois Retreat in Oakland, CALIFORNIA

Posted on March 17, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

Photos by Zanele Muholi Where: Oakland, CA With: Valerie Thomas and Selaelo ‘Sly’ Mannya What: Brown Bois Retreat Link to: Brown Boi Project Topic: How to increase Personal Communication Skills chaired by Mervyn Marcano My Masculinity Is… Name Quote … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Activists Act, Communication strategies, Crea(c)tive senses, Creating awareness, Cultural activists, Culture, Education, Emotional support, Empowerment, English, Evidence, Exchanging Queer thoughts, Experience, Exposure, Expression, Feelings, Female Photographers, Freedom of being, Friendships, Gender expression, History, Homosexuality, Human Beings, Networking, Our lives in the picture, Penetrating mainstream spaces, Photo Expressions, Photography, Politics of existence, Politics of geography, Politics of representation, Power in our hair, Power of the Arts, Power of the Voice, Presentations, Questioning, Questions & Answers, Readings, Recognition, Records and histories, Reflection, Relationships, Respect & Recognition from our community, Sharing knowledge, Society, Socio-economic, Speaking for ourselves, Textualizing Our Own Lives, Together we can, Transgender visibility, Transgender Voices, Visual Arts, Visual democracy, Visual history is a Right not a luxury, Visual Power, Visual Voices, Visualizing public spaces, We Are You, We Care, We Love Photography, We Still Can with/out Resources, We were (t)here, When Love is a Human Right, Women's power, Writing is a Right, Youth voices | Tagged Arts, beauty, Black, Brown, Brown Bois, California, Captions, Expression, Handsome people, Identity, Oakland, Photography, Race, Visual history | 3 Comments

	lindiwedhlamini on Let’s go back to the drawing b…
	inkanyiso2009 on 6th January 2013: Victory Mini…
	Nondlela mjomle on 6th January 2013: Victory Mini…
	Elton on 2013 Aug. 27: Because I a…
	Nomthandazo Ngwenya on LGBTI Destiny First Gathe…

Tag Archives: Race

2018 Oct. 25: Somnyama Ngonyama

2017 April 27: 23 Years of ‘Freedom’

2015 Oct. 9: Muholi presents at the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series

2015 Aug. 10: Fulfilling a wish

2015 June 5: Yithi Laba delegates on Constitution Hill tour

2014 Dec. 5: When black is so strong

2014 Nov. 11: The Artivist and the Doctor

2014 June 25: I consider myself beautiful not handsome…

Recent Posts

Recent Comments

Archives

Categories

Meta