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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 Oct. 6: So Proud of Soweto Pride

Posted on October 7, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

Photo album I by Lindeka Qampi for Inkanyiso When: 26th Sept. 2015 Where: Meadowlands, Zone 2 Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa … 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 Soweto Pride, Action, Activists, artists, Banners, Black Female photographers from South Africa, Black LGBTI individuals, Claiming our citizenship, Collaborations, Colors, Commitment, Education, Experience, Families, Feelings, Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW), Friendships, human rights, Johannesburg, LGBTI groups, Life, Mainstream media, Marshalls, Meadowlands, Our Lives Matter, Photo Album I, Photography, Photos by Lindeka Qampi for Inkanyiso, police, Posters with messages, Rainbow nation, Relationships, Remembering Sizakele Sigasa and Salome Masooa, Respect, Safe Cities, Sexuality, South Africa, South African visual history, Soweto, Still mourning, Victims of hate crime, Visual activism, Well organized, Words, Zone 2 | 6 Comments

South African Visual Activism opens eyes in Liverpool

Posted on October 4, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Lerato Dumse It was exciting to witness the opening of Zanele Muholi’s Vukani exhibition, at Open Eye Gallery, in Liverpool UK. Three gallery rooms are currently occupied by Muholi’s photographs and documentaries on a show which opened on September 17, … Continue reading →

Posted in Archived memories, Power of the Voice, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right | Tagged Action, After Tears of Muntu Masombuka's funeral, Akershus Kunstsenter, and fairness; eradicate discrimination, Another approach is possible, Arles, Art and Activism, Art of Activism, Article, BBC Liverpool, Beautiful, Black lesbians, black police officers, Bordeaux and Amsterdam, Brave Beauties, Brooklyn Museum, community, Confidence, Creating awareness, Daveyton, Deaths, Documented, Dominance, Education, Ekurhuleni, Enraged by a Picture, equality, equity, exhibition, Existence, Experience, Expression, Faces and Phases, Fashion sense, Feelings, Feminine gay men, femininity, Framed, Friendships, Gallery rooms, hate crimes, HIV and LGBTI activist, Homophobic attacks, HomotopiaFest, Isibonelo/ Evidence, Johannesburg, Kingsway, Lerato Dumse, Lesbian wedding, LGBT community, Liverpool, Love, Message, Mourning, Nathi Dlamini, New York, North West, Ongoing series, Open Eye Gallery, Paris, Participants..., Personal space, Photography, Portrait, prejudice and stereotyping, Programme, Projects, Rallied, Re-enacted, Relationships, Respect, SA visual history, Self captured, Sexuality, South Africa, South African Visual Activism, Swimwear, Thank yous, Tragic, Transwomen, Travelogue, Tribute, tribute to black lesbians, UK, United Kingdom, Valerie Thomas, Venice, Ventersdorp, Video installations, Voices, Vukani/ Rise, We love photography, Words, youth, ZaVa, Zulu word | 2 Comments

2015 October 2: Liverpool was a great experience

Posted on October 3, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Somizy Sincwala I started entering pageants in 2012 and with my first attempt I was fortunate to be crowned as the first Miss Uthingo 2012. My journey continued after winning Miss Uthingo. I entered Miss Gay Jozi, Miss Gay … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Creating awareness, Expression, Power of the Voice, South Africa, Visibility, Visual activism is a language, Visual democracy, Visual history is a Right not a luxury, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right | Tagged a follow up photo shoot, Articles, artists, Audience, BBC Liverpool, beauty, Captioned, Crown, Cultural activist, Education, Everything paid for, Exhibition opening, Experience, Fashion, Feelings, Good hearted person, Good news, Homosexuality, Human beings, Inkanyiso media, International trip, Interview, Lerato Dumse, Life, Loved, Miss Gay Daveyton 2015, Opportunity, Pageants, Participant, Participation, Perseverance, Photography, Queen, Reality, Relationships, Respect, Sexuality, Somizy Sincwala, South African visual history, Title, Trip to the UK, Visual activist, Voices, Winner, Words, Zanele Muholi | 1 Comment

2015 Oct. 1: Brick

Posted on October 2, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

Brick displaced your Face Blow after blow Bone by bone Your face cracked and caved Smashed under the pressure of the sharp concrete That was brought down with full force Upon the canvas we used to call your face You … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Creating awareness, Expression, Power of the Voice, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right | Tagged 1987 - 2011, activism, Aggressive, Another approach is possible, Article, Black Lesbian mother, Black Lesbian professionals, brutality, Brutally murdered, Buried, Courage, Experience, Family crisis, Hate crime victim, Homosexuality, Human beings, Invisible, Johannesburg, Life, Lost, Love, on Noxolo Nogwaza, Papiso Matsau, Poem, Raped, Relationships, screams, Sexuality, Smashed with Brick, South Africa, Springs, Tsakane, Words, Written | 1 Comment

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 Sept. 11: Ubuntu bam’

Posted on September 12, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Noluntu Makalima Who is Noluntu they ask, Noluntu is a universal being who embraces the true spirit of the name “Ubuntu”, meaning the love of all humanity. The name favours the spirit of unity at all times. Noluntu validates … Continue reading →

Posted in Activists Act, Africa, Allies, Archiving Queer Her/Histories in SA, Before You, Challenges, Collectivism, Making history, Recognition, Respected, We Are You, We Care | Tagged Acceptance, Action, activism, Another approach is possible, Article, Articles, “"Faces and Phases 2006-14”, Black Lesbian, Black Lesbian professionals, Born in 1988, Brilliant, Cape Town, Diploma in Sports Management, Existence, Expression Words, Faces and Phases participants, Football skills, For the love of soccer, Former professional soccer player, Friendships, Game, gender queer women, Gugulethu, Healthy, humanity, Humility, Life, Life story, Love, Male dominated field, Noluntu Makalima, Noluntu Sports Development, Northern Suburbs of Johannesburg, Relationships, Sexuality identity, Shape, Speaking for myself, Sport codes, Sports coach, Sports recreation, Trans visibility, Ubuntu, Writing is a Right | 1 Comment

2015 Sept. 1: Mr & Miss LGBTI Daveyton 2015

Posted on September 7, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Sicka ‘Sharon’ Mthunzi What a “turn up” as we say when an event is supported by many. People came in all shapes and sizes, from the ladies in their gorgeous dresses to the gentleman with their smart casual wear. … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Creating awareness, Expression, Power of the Voice, Records and histories, Representing, Responsibility, Self recognition, Sexual orientation, Sharing knowledge, Sharing thoughts, Social responsibility, Solution, Somizy Sincwala, South Africa, South African townships, Speaking for ourselves, Supporters, Supportive friends and families, Textualizing Our Own Lives, Thoughts, Time, Together we can, Togetherness, Townships, Transformation, Treasure, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right, Youth voices | Tagged Act, Activists, Article by Sicka 'Sharon' Nonkululeko Mthunzi, Attire, Beauty contest, Being Seen, Black lesbians, Collaborations, Community support, Competition, Confidence, Contest, Creating awareness, Creativity, Crowd, Crowning, Daveyton, Designer clothes, Difference, Dj Puggy, Drag performance, Education, Entertainment, Excitement, Expensive clothing, Experience, Exposure, Expression, Fashionistas, Formal wear, Friendships, Gays, hate crimes, Human beings, Impression, Inkanyiso media, Intelligence, Johannesburg, Joy, Judges, King, Lebogang Magaela (Mr lesbian 2013) and Vuyelwa “Vuvu” Mtsweni., Lesiba Mothibe, LGBTI image, Lives, Mr Lesbian Daveyton 2015 King, Music, Networking, Nontuthuzelo Mduba, Organizer, Organizers, Performing activism, Personality, Queerness, Questions and Answers, Refilwe Pitso, Relationships, Respect, Scream, self-esteem, Sexuality, Shortage of black lesbian contestants, Style, Title, Tradition, Transwomen, Two Tone Lounge, Visual activism, Voices, Vuvu Mtsweni, We love photography, Winners, Words, Writing is a Right, Xoli Lewinski | 2 Comments

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. 23: Muholi and Dumse present at Light Work Artist AIR

Posted on August 28, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

Artist talk by current Light Work Artist-in-Residence Zanele Muholi Thursday, August 27th at 7:30pm Light Work / Watson Theater, Robert B. Menschel Media Center A self-described “visual activist,” South African artist Zanele Muholi, has dedicated her work and life … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Artist Talk, Butch Mbokodo, Collective, Collectivism, Creating awareness, Expression, Faces and Phases (2006 - ), Faces and Phases participants, From Johannesburg to Syracuse, Inkanyiso media, Lerato Dumse, Light Work AIR, New York, Photography, Power of the Voice, South Africa, South African visual history, Syracuse, Visual activism, Visual Activist and Journalist, We Are You, We Care, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi | Tagged Action, activism, Audience, Black lesbians, Brooklyn Museum - Muholi installation, Feelings, Human beings, human rights, Light Work / Watson Theater, Light work staff, Love, Presentation, Previous talks, Relationships, Robert B. Menschel Media Center, Shane Lavalette, Voices, We love photography, Words | 7 Comments

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Tag Archives: Relationships

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

2015 Oct. 6: So Proud of Soweto Pride

South African Visual Activism opens eyes in Liverpool

2015 October 2: Liverpool was a great experience

2015 Oct. 1: Brick

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

2015 Sept. 11: Ubuntu bam’

2015 Aug. 30: Losing and regaining self love

2015 Aug. 23: Muholi and Dumse present at Light Work Artist AIR

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