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2015 March 19: The censored and oppressed recognized

by Lerato Dumse While many choose to play it safe in life, with comfortable 9-5pm jobs, living in safe neighborhoods, engaging in safe conversations, and staying out of their corrupt government and their associate’s way. There are brave women and … Continue reading

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2015 March 20: Faces and Phases book launch at UCT African Gender Institute

    The Stevenson Exhibition Gallery and the African Gender Institute cordially invite you to the launch of ‘Faces & Phases‘ by Zanele Muholi. Zanele Muholi is a photographer and visual activist who affirms and celebrates the multiplicity of human … Continue reading

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2015 March 18: Visualizing Herstories

… in conversation with Ingrid Pollard Where:  UCLAN, United Kingdom (UK). Preston Camera used:  iPhone 4S by Christine Eyene. An invitation from Christine Eyene  as part of Making Histories slot for FORMAT International Photo Festival. Christine also took the behind … Continue reading

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2015 March 14: Educational Friday with UCL scholars and allies

  Links related to the participants featuring in the poster above   2013 Sept. 7:  I used to be a lesbian and   2013 Aug. 20:  Lesbian Activist survives stabbing   and   2013 Oct. 4:  Cramps were killing me … Continue reading

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2015 March 12: Muholi addressed scholars at Brighton University, UK

      Event organized by Tessa Lewin (PhD scholar:  Art & Humanities dept.) Bio Tessa Lewin(t.lewin@brighton.ac.uk) is a doctoral candidate at the University of Brighton, and a research fellow at the Institute of Development Studies. She is an artist and activist. … Continue reading

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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. 25: I drank again…

by Siba Nkumbi I acknowledged that I suffered from alcoholism but I never fully accepted that I am the cause of my misery. Little things triggered a relapse. Here is a practical example: I lost two jobs in one month, … Continue reading

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‪2015 Feb. 23: My very own apartheid experience ‬in Oslo

‪Saturday, 21 Feb 2015 ‬ ‪I did not live through the apartheid era, but I now know, how it feels to be asked for your identity document in a public space. On Saturday after attending a great exhibition by Zanele … Continue reading

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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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