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2015 June 6: Lesbian youth gather at Constitution Hill for first ever Yithi Laba Conference

Posted on June 10, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Simangele Mzizi Twenty three South African youth, ages 20 to 29 participated in the first ever Yithi Laba Youth Conference, held on 5 to 7 June 2015 at Constitution Hill in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. The three day conference aimed at … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 21 Years of democracy, Acceptance, Act, Action, activism, Activists, Another approach is possible, artists, Audience, beauty, Being, Black Lesbian Youth, Black lesbians, Co-operation, Collaborations, Connections, Constitution Hill, Different parts of South Africa, Discussions, Education, Engineers, exhibition, Experience, Expression, Faces and Phases, Faces and Phases participants, Fashion designers, Filmmakers, Group, Heritage site, Inkanyiso media, Knowledge, Learn and Sharing, Lesbian Born Frees, Listen, Many issues discussed, Opportunity, Organisers, Photographers, Poets, Presentations, Rene Mathibe, Rich history, Simangele Mzizi, Singers, Skills, South Africa, Sport managers, Students, the author, Visual artists, We love photography, Writers, Yithi Laba conference, Yithi Laba main objectives, Zanele Muholi | 6 Comments

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

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 →

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 'Curative rapes and murder of black lesbians', 'kiss of life', Academic text, Acceptance, Acknowledged, Angered, Archive, assemblage of flowers, BA Fine Arts, Beautiful, beauty, Black Lesbian professionals, Black lesbian weddings, Blackness, Body, Bold, Brooklyn Museum, Butch bearing, codes, Compulsion, Confidence, Conflict, dancing and singing, dapper, Dead, Death, Defiance, Dickstrapping, Elixir, Enraged, equality, exhibition, Gender expression, Gratitude, Harm, Harmless, Haunted, Heartbeat, Homosexuality, Human beings, humanity, Huntsman, I Am, Jail time, Joys, Judgment, Killings, Laughter, LGBTQI, Life, Liona Nyariri, Marks, Murderers, Museums are for All of Us, Narrative, New York, Notions of history, Pains, performance, Photographs, Please, Prince, Pulse, Pussy lusting, Queen, Reverberation, Review, self-hating, Sexuality, Sindiwe Magona, Snow Black and the Huntsman – Musings on the work of Zanele Muholi, Snow White, Sorrowful, South Africa, Struggles, Take Photographs!, tears of joy/sadness, Tolerance, Tongue swagging Prince/ss, Transgendered people, Transparent glass coffin, Trapped, Truth, University of Cape Town, Viewers, Visual activism, Visual arts, Witness, Women to women loving, Women writing women, Words, Zanele Muholi: Isibonelo/Evidence, Zimbabwean born | Leave a comment

2015 May 5: My journey so far in life

Posted on May 18, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Nosipo Solundwana My name is Nosipo Gloria Solundwana, also known as SPHOLA. I am a 27-year-old ‘butch’ lesbian living on the East-Rand, in Katlehong. I live with my four siblings and I am the first born at home. I … Continue reading →

Posted in A new visual history, 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, Words, Work, Writing is a Right, Writing matters | Tagged 27 Year old, Abilities, Action, activism, Activists, “"Faces and Phases 2006-14”, Baragwanath Hospital, beauty, Belongings, Birth, Black lesbians, Budget, Butch, Celebration, Clean, curse, Doctors, Drugs, East-Rand, Education, Faces and Phases participant, Feelings, Female chores, Food, Gift, Happy life, Hardship, Homosexuality, Hospital, Human beings, Inkanyiso media, intersex, Johannesburg, Katlehong, Lesbian, Life, Life story, livestock, Living..., Lord, Loving, Medical operation, Mentor, Nosipo Solundwana, Photography, Positivity, Relationships, School, Sexuality, Sick, South Africa, Suffering, Thankful, uMthatha, Visual history, Water, We love photography | 13 Comments

2015 March 24: LGBTIQs of Kayamandi attended the book launch

Posted on May 17, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Nondi Vokwana The group was invited to attend Faces and Phases (2006-14) book launch by Zanele Muholi held at the University of Cape Town, African Gender Institute on March 24, 2015. Thirteen group members from the Silubala Safe Space, Kayamandi, … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Lesbian Icons in South Africa, Black lesbian visibility, Freedom, Freedom of being, FreeGender, Gender Equality, Gender expression, Networking, Organizations, Our lives in the picture, Participants, Participation, Reality, Reason, Recognition, recognized, South African politics, South African struggle, Stories, Visions, Visual activism, Visual activism is a language, Visual Activist, Visual Activist in the classroom, Visual democracy, Visual diaries | Tagged Action, Another approach is possible, beauty, Black lesbians, Cape Town, Collaborations, community, Education, Experience, Expression, Feelings, Friendships, Homosexuality, Human beings, Kayamandi, Life, Lindeka Qampi, Nondi Vokwana, Photography, Relationships, Silubala Safe Space, South Africa, Stellenbosch, University of Cape Town, Voices, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi | Leave a comment

2015 April 20: My best experience in New York

Posted on May 15, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Terra Dick On Friday, April 17 I received an SMS from Zanele Muholi that I must call Baba Zenzi and Mam’ Magesh Zungu about our New York trip the following day. I called them and arranged to meet at … Continue reading →

Posted in a black lesbian, A new visual history, Background, Beautiful people, Beauty, Before You, Being, Being conscientized, Being heard, Blessings, Creating awareness, Creative Writing, Women's power, Women; Voices; Writings; Education; Traditions; Struggles; Cultures, Womenonwomen, Words, Writing is a Right, Writing matters | Tagged Accommodation, Africans Abroad, AirBnB, Being part, Brooklyn, Collaborations, Comparison, Connection, Cost of living is high in New York, Couple, Daring, Documenting our lives, Dollar, Dubai, Education, Embraced, Excitement, Experience, Family, Feelings, First time in New York, Friendships, From Johannesburg to New York, Happy, Homosexuality, Inkanyiso media, Intergenerational conversation, Life, Long journey, Love, Loving, MaGesh, Networking, Participation, Pastor Z. Zungu, Photography, Rand, Relationships, Respect, Securit, Sexuality, South Africa, Spiritual activists, Terra Dick, The Zungus from VMCI (Durban), Travel by aeroplane, Travel diary, United states of America, Visual activism, Visual history, Wifi, Willingness, Yellow cabs | 2 Comments

2015 May 14: “I’m happy living my life the way I am”

Posted on May 15, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

I’m Ziningi Praiseworth Ndovela, a 31year old born in Izingolweni (kwaXolo tribal) and grew up there until I obtained my Senior Certificate, then moved to Durban in Umlazi township. I belong to the lesbian world, the life that some people hate … Continue reading →

Posted in 2002, Acceptance, Affirmation, Another Approach Is Possible, Another woman, Archived memories, Archiving Queer Her/Histories in SA, Articles, Articulation, As we are, Believe, Black lesbian mother speak out, Black Lesbian over 30, Blessings, Calling, Challenges, Committing suicide, Community, Criticism, Dating, Diagnosis, Documentation; Filming; Photography; Community, Documenting our own lives, Documenting realities of the townships, Dream, Dress code, Education, Expression, Family, Feelings, Football, Friends, God, Grade 11, Happy, Heaven, High school, Homosexuality, Human being, Intention, Intimate relationship, Laugh, Lesbianism, Life, Life story, Live, Living, Loved, Loving, Men's wear, Mother, Person, Pregnancy, Proud, Proudly lesbian, Rejection, Respect, Sad, Senior certificate, Son, Studies, traditional healers, Traditional healing, Trousers, Umlazi township, Visions, Woman, Ziningi Praiseworth Ndovela, Zion Church | Tagged beauty, church, Collaborations, Curiosity, Experience, Feelings, human rights, Inkanyiso media, Photographs, Portrait of Ziningi Ndovela by Charmain Carrol, Relationships, Respect, Sexuality, South Africa, We love photography, Women, Women loving women, Words, Writing is a Right | 7 Comments

2015 May 9: A Review of Isibonelo/Evidence I

Posted on May 10, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Adejoke Tugbiyele Photos by Terra Dick Zanele Muholi’s beautiful works are currently on view at the Brooklyn Museum’s Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. It includes photographs of several dozen black and white portraits of lesbians and transgendered … Continue reading →

Posted in Committed, Community | Tagged "State of visual activism", 21 Years of democracy, Acceptance, activism, Adejoke Tugbiyele, Adejoke Tugbiyele bio, Another approach is possible, Archive, Black and White portraits, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum’s Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art., Citizens, Collaborations, Connections, Dedication, Education, Empowerment, exhibition, Experience, Faces and Phases, Feelings, Homosexuality, human rights, Injustice, Isibonelo/Evidence, LGBTI communities, Life, Life stories, Living..., Loving, New York, Nigeria, Of Existence and Resistance, PEN: Queer Futures, Photography, portraits of lesbians and transgendered people in South Africa, Powerful, Protections, Queer citizens, Related links, Relationships, Respect, Review, Sacrifice, Sexuality, South Africa, South African Queer Visual history, Violations, Visual activism, Visual history, We love photography, Words, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi | 3 Comments

2015 May 6: Photos from Queer Futures by Adejoke Tugbiyele

Posted on May 9, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

The Pen World Voices Festival of International Literature runs May 4-10. “Queer Futures” takes place Wednesday, May 6, 6–7:30 p.m. at the Sheen Center Loretto Auditorium, 18 Bleecker Street, New York City Queer Futures panel moderated by Shireen Hassim featuring … Continue reading →

Posted in Audience, From New York with love, Photographs, Photography as a therapy, Politics of existence, Positive images, Power of the Voice, Present, Queer Power, Queer texts, Queer visibility, Questioning, Questions and Answers, Re-presentation, Readings, Reality, Reason, ReClaim Your Activism, Records and histories, Reflections, Relationships, Relatives, Remembering, Speaking for ourselves, Texts, Touch | Tagged 2015 PEN America, A focus on Africa @PEN 2015, Act, Action, activism, Activists, Another approach is possible, Articles, artists, Audience, beauty, Between Art & Activism, Binyavanga Wainaina, Black Lesbian, Collaborations, community, Experience, Expression, Family, GreenSpace, Homosexuality, human rights, Life, Moderated by Shireen Hassim, New York, Panel, Photography, Queer Africa, Queer Futures, Relationships, Respect, Sexuality, Sheen Center Loretto Auditorium, South Africa, Visual activism, Voices, Words, Writers, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi, Zanele Muholi and Kehinde Bademosi | Leave a comment

2015 April 26: Proud African Lesbians Weds

Posted on May 2, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

Text by Lerato Dumse Photos by Lindeka Qampi The beauty of African culture, dance, colours and clothing was in full display when Javas and Mashadi Ndlovu hosted their traditional wedding on April 25. The newly weds shared their special day … Continue reading →

Posted in "Till death do us apart", Black Lesbian Icons in South Africa, Black Lesbian Love, Black Lesbian soccer players in South Africa, Black lesbian weddings, Black Lesbians, Bodies and histories, Bonding, Butch identifying lesbian, Celebration, Collaborations, Collective, LGBTI community | Tagged Activists, African, Another approach is possible, Articles, Being groomed, Black Lesbian professionals, bridemaids, Civil Union, Collaborations, Culture, Dobsonville, exhibition, Experience, Expression, Family, Fashion, Feelings, Friendships, Gender within gender, groom-men, Homosexuality, Human beings, Humour, Inkanyiso media, Javas & Mashadi's wedding, Life, Love, Loving, Participant, Photography, Photos by Lindeka Qampi, Respect, Roodepoort, Sexuality, South Africa, Soweto, Text by Lerato Dumse, Traditional wedding, Visual activism, Visual history, Voices, We are you, We were there, Women, Zulu regalia | 1 Comment

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Tag Archives: South Africa

2015 June 5: Yithi Laba delegates on Constitution Hill tour

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

2015 May 5: My journey so far in life

2015 March 24: LGBTIQs of Kayamandi attended the book launch

2015 April 20: My best experience in New York

2015 May 14: “I’m happy living my life the way I am”

2015 May 6: Photos from Queer Futures by Adejoke Tugbiyele

2015 April 26: Proud African Lesbians Weds

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