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2015 July 7: A meeting of minds

Posted on July 20, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

Report from Yithi Laba conference by Kopano Sibeko Photos by Lindeka Qampi & Zanele Muholi They say two heads are better than one; I say they are only better if they are functional. Yithi Laba conference proved to be the … Continue reading →

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2015 July 10: How it all started

Posted on July 14, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Sharon “Sicka” Mthunzi It all started with a ‘selfie’ captured using my cell phone. I remember I used to look in the mirror with a phone on my left hand, and take pictures of myself. Before the birth of … Continue reading →

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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 →

Posted in being loved, Exploration, Jozi, Memory, Moments, Moments in our history, Opportunity, Public spaces, Sexuality, Special, Textualizing Our Own Lives, Writing is a Right, Writing matters, Xhosa is a South African language | Tagged and Transgender, Being Young, Bisexual, Black Lesbian, Challenges, Comfort, Durban Pride, Durban Pride Parade, Education, Experience, Expression, Faces and Phases participants, Fashion, Feelings, Friendships, From Cape Town to Johannesburg to Durban, Gay, Homosexuality, Human beings, Lesbian, LGBTI community, Life, Living..., Love, Lover, Marchers, Outspoken, Proud, Provinces, Queer talent, Rainbow colors, Reflection, Relationships, Represented, SA Constitution, sense, Siblings, South Africa, Style, Thando Nkonzwana, Thankful, The day my journey started, Unity, Warmth | 1 Comment

2015 June 28: Beauties from Faces celebrating their Phases

Posted on June 28, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

Where: Durban, South Africa Being a woman is more to it than being a pretty face or have gorgeous make up that covers blemishes and pimples but it is about mostly the amount of struggle, trials and tribulations that one … Continue reading →

Posted in Black bodies, Creating awareness, Power of the Voice, Scripted, Voice, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources | Tagged Another approach is possible, Articles, Beauties in Faces and Phases, Beauty is a Right, Connections, Durban, Experience, Expression, Faces and Phases series, Fashion, Feelings, Friendships, Hair, Human beings, Intelligence, Loving Life, Participants..., Phila Mbanjwa, Photography, Related, Respect, Selfie for selves, Sexuality, South Africa, Style, Tinashe Wakapila, Writing is a Right, Young women | 3 Comments

2015 June 19: Visual Activism Cultural Exchange Project (VACEP)

Posted on June 25, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

DOCUMENTATION – WORKSHOP – EXHIBITION – NETWORKING & RESEARCH – SHARING Core group: Christie van Zyl, Lerato Dumse, Collen Mfazwe, Lindeka Qampi, Zanele Muholi, Vibeke Hermanrud, Henriette Stensdal and Isah Rakeem (Queer World) Constantly – non-stop…J Fri. 19 June … 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 Act, Action, activism, Another approach is possible, Collaborations, Education, Experience, Expression, Feelings, Friendships, Homosexuality, Human beings, human rights, Norway;, Relationships, Respect, Sexuality, South Africa, Visual history, Words | Leave a comment

2015 June 9: The love that will never be replaced

Posted on June 23, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

As I write this now I’m thinking about all the good and wonderful times I had with the woman I will never forget and never see again. I’m Collen Mfazwe, a black lesbian photographer and proudly South African. This is not about me; … 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 →

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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 →

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, activism, Activities, Articles, Attacked, Audience, beauty, Black Lesbian, Black Lesbian professionals, Black lesbians, Blessed, Collaborations, Comfort, CPUT, Crush, Death, Dreams, Dropped out, Early Childhood Development (ECD), Eastern Cape, Education, Experience, Expression, Extended family members, Faces and Phases participant, Facilitator, Family, Fashion, Feelings, Friendships, God, Home, Honest, Independent, IsiXhosa is a South African language, Kayamandi, Knowledge, Life, Life story, Love, Loved, Loving, Memory, Nondi Vokwana, Parents, Personal Journey, Photography, Port Elizabeth, Priority, Relationships, Relative, Respect, Rumours, Schools, Self, Sexuality, South Africa, Stellenbosch, Survived, Survivor, Time, Tonwship, Translator, Visual activism, Visual history, Voices, We love photography, Women, Words, Writing is a Right | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Allies, canon 7d camera, Dalisu Ngobese, Dinner, Documenting, Excitement, Friendships, From Durban to London, Happiness, Photographer, Respect, Speaking for ourselves, Special event, Subject of Art, Support, Support is the system, Travelogue, Videographer, We Love Photography | Tagged Action, Another approach is possible, Articles, Collaborations, Curators, Education, exhibition, Experience, Feelings, Human beings, human rights, Life, London, South Africa, Visual history, Words, Zanele Muholi | 1 Comment

2015 June 7: My Yithi Laba experience

Posted on June 13, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Shaz ‘Sicka Star-ban’ Mthunzi On Friday, 5th of June 2015 we had our first conference called Yithi Laba, it was one of many more to come in the future which will involve Faces and Phases participants from different fields hosted by … Continue reading →

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2015 June 29: The day my journey started

2015 June 19: Visual Activism Cultural Exchange Project (VACEP)

2015 June 9: The love that will never be replaced

2015 May 28: The last London supper

2015 May 19: “I wasn’t comfortable with the one before”

2015 May 28: Day Two in London

2015 June 7: My Yithi Laba experience

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