Tag Archives: Visual activism

2015 June 26: My Charlottesville caption

Posted on July 2, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Christie van Zyl Check In: Downtown Mall, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Tags: Sicka Star-ban Jones, Zanele Muholi Status : It is blazing hot and humid outside, we are housed at the 200 South Street Inn in Charlottesville ,Virginia for 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 2015 LOOK3 Festival, Art Activism, artists, Audience, Charlottesville, Christie van Zyl, Connections, Downtown Mall of Charlottesville, Exhibitions, Experience, Faces and Phases, Focus, Freedom of Speech Wall, History, Inkanyiso media, Interpretation, Kathy Ryan, Knowledge, LOOK3, Of Love and Loss, Opportunity, Participants..., performance, Photographers, Photography, Privilege, Recognition, Respect, SA Constitution, Scott Thode, Social media, Song, South Africans abroad, Spoken word, Travelogues, United States, Videography, Visual activism, Weddings, Writing is a Right, Writing our own, youth | Leave a comment

2015 June 25: Christie shines @ Cafe Sør in Oslo

Posted on June 26, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

What for: Oslo Pride events Photos by Lindeka Qampi/ Inkanyiso media Camera used: Canon 6d with 50mm lens hand held In Resilience by Christie van Zyl “Dear Young Black Lesbian With Faces and Phases anew Your life has officially … 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 Africans Abroad, Art, Art Activism, ArtVolumes, Black Lesbian professionals, Black lesbians, black queer visibility, Cafe Sør, Christie van Zyl, Collaborations, Collectivism, Difficult hearing, Disrespect, Existence, Experience, Feelings, FossilSoul, Friendships, Gallery, Inkanyiso media, Kunstplass[10], Life, Love, Monitors, Norway;, Ode to the Young Black Lesbian, Oslo Pride 2015, performance, Photos by Lindeka Qampi, Poetry, Project, Queer Lives, Relationships, Represent, Resilience, Respect, Sound, Space, Stage, Stereotypes, Support, Time, Travel diaries, VACEP 2015, Visibility, Visual activism, Voices, We love photography, Words | 5 Comments

2015 June 13: For my family with love

Posted on June 24, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

Self portraits taken for my grandchildren to note that I exist… Location: 200 South Street Inn Charlottesville, Virginia, US. During the Look3 foto festival I took this photo in my hotel room as I wondered how to approach my conversation … Continue reading →

Posted in Activists Act, Archiving Queer Her/Histories in SA, Art Is A Human Right, As I AM, As we are, Before You, Black Queer & Gifted, Connections, Friendships, Healing, Homosexuality, On my own, Peace, Personhood, Pride, Relationships, Relax, Respect, Self, Self introspection, Self love, Skin, Time, Visual narrative, Words | Tagged Act, Action, Another approach is possible, Art, beauty, Being, Black body beautiful, Black Lesbian, Body, Body as site of resistance, Camera, Canon 6d, Charlottesville, Connections, Democracy, Different locations, Education, Hair by Bathini Dambuza, I love photographs, Life, LOOK3, Looking, Mirroring self, Self portraits, United States, Visual activism, Visual activist | Leave a comment

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 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 →

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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 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

2015 April 6: VMCI Baptism at 2015 Easters in Durban

Posted on April 27, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

Photo Album by Zanele Muholi/ Inkanyiso Previous links 2015 Feb. 16: … 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 Easter Weekend @VMCI, Abazalwane, Baptism, beauty, Black lesbians, Black LGBTI individuals from Durban, Captions, Collaborations, Committed, community, Dedication, Documenting our queer history, Durban, Education, Expression, Family, Fashion, For the Love of God, Friendships, God, Homosexuality and Religion, Human beings, human rights, Inkanyiso media, Life, Living..., Love, Loving, Morning service, Pastor Mazibuko, Pastor Z. Zungu, Pastor Zulu, Pastors, Photographs, Photography, Prayer, Previous links, Queer Children of God, Relationships, Religion, Respect, Scriptures, Sexuality, Sexuality and Religion, Spiritual activists, Visual activism, Visual history, VMCI - Johannesburg, VMCI congregants, VMCI Durban, VMCI Pastors, Voices, Women, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi | 5 Comments

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Tag Archives: Visual activism

2015 June 25: Christie shines @ Cafe Sør in Oslo

2015 June 13: For my family with love

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

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

2015 April 20: My best experience in New York

2015 May 6: Photos from Queer Futures by Adejoke Tugbiyele

2015 April 26: Proud African Lesbians Weds

2015 April 6: VMCI Baptism at 2015 Easters in Durban

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