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2015 Feb. 15: “I have won again”

Posted on February 18, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Shaz ‘Sicka Star-ban’ Mthunzi First I became the 2014 Mr Lesbian Daveyton. Now being abroad for the first time feels more like a prize which is the lifetime opportunity I will never forget.‬ ‪While most people were busy planning their … 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 20 degrees, Akershus Art Center, Articles, Black Lesbian, Collaborations, Day by day, Europe, Extreme cold, From Johannesburg to Oslo and Lillestrom, Human beings, Inkanyiso media, Lerato Dumse, Lillestrom, Love, Mbali Msweli, Msa Muholi, Norway;, Oslo, Photography, Previous links, Related, Relationships, Respect, Rikke Komissar, Schengen visa, Shaz 'aka' Sicka Starban, Sicka Starban Jones, Snowing, Themba Vilakazi, Visa application, Visual history, Voices, We love photographs, Weather, Words, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi | 8 Comments

2015 Feb. 16: VMCI is a home away from home

Posted on February 18, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Tinashe Wakapila Red, Black and White are always the best definition of love and sharing. On February 15, members of Victory Ministries Church International (VMCI) looked bright, while wearing these colours. They were commemorating Valentine’s Day, which was celebrated … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrating 2015 Valentine's Day at VMCI, Consideration, Conversation, Photography, Solidarity, South African Visual Activism, Speaking for ourselves, Stories, Struggles, Style, Support is the system, Testimonies | Tagged Act, activism, Activists, Almighty, Another approach is possible, Article, Black Lesbian, Black lesbians, by Tinashe Wakapila, Calling, Christianity, church, Church elders, Collaborations, Congregants, Courage, Divine, Divinity, Durban, Education, Experience, Expression, Family, Fashion, Feelings, Gay friendly church, God, Gospel songs, Healing, Holy Spirit, Home, Homosexuality and Religion, Human beings, human rights, Inkanyiso media, interaction, Intervention, Life, Living..., Lord, Love, Loving, Ministry, Motivation, Pastor Z. Zungu, Peace of mind, Photos by Charmain Carrol, Praises, Prayer, Relationships, Respect, Scriptures, Self worth, Sense of belonging, Sexuality, South Africa, Spiritual activists, spirituality, Support, Truth, Victory, Visual activism, Visual history, VMCI, Voices, Words, Writing is a Right | 5 Comments

2015 Feb. 10: Another round for Norway

Posted on February 12, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Lerato Dumse Lillestrøm, Norway, is how successful South African photographer/artivist, Zanele Muholi, kicks off her traveling schedule for the year 2015. Apart from on-going shows such as her Midsumma exhibition in Australia, titled Visual Activism. Black and White portraits from her lifetime project, Faces … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 Outstanding International Alumni Award, Akershus Art Centre, Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Art Solidarity, Articles, Beautiful faces, Beauty, Creating awareness, Democracy, Expression, From Johannesburg to Oslo, Inkanyiso media, Life Stories, Liva Mork, Mr Lesbian Daveyton, Nonkululeko “Sicka” Mthunzi, Norway, Power of the Voice, Queer texts, Queer visibility, Queer Youth, Rikke Komissar, South Africa, tackling racism through art, Talented, Tor Arne Samuelsen, Visibility, Vision, Visual activism is a language, Visual Activist, Visual Arts, Visual democracy, Visual diaries, Visual historical initiative, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right | Tagged Act, Action, activism, Activists, Another approach is possible, artists, Black Lesbian, Black lesbians, Collaborations, Education, exhibition, Experience, Expression, Family, Fashion, Feelings, Friendships, Homosexuality, Human beings, human rights, Inkanyiso media, Life, Living..., Love, Loving, Photography, Relationships, Respect, Sexuality, Visual activism, Visual history, Voices, Words, Writing is a Right, Zanele Muholi | 6 Comments

2015 Jan. 18: “The millennium” lesbian life wasn’t “simple”

Posted on January 27, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

FACES AND PHASES (2006-14) Review by Nthabiseng Stoffel The title for me brought great expectation and curiosity. I thought the faces will have more stories/phases of what they had to go through as black lesbian women. Paging through the book … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Creating awareness, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources | Tagged "soft-butches" stone/ hard core butches, Abongile Matyila; Queer poetics; East London; South Africa; Youth Voices; Homosexuality; Love; Education; Expression, Being, bisexual women, Black lesbian lives, Black lesbians, Busi Sigasa, Butch lesbian mom, Corrective rape, Crit, Criticism, Education, Experience, Expertise, Expression, Faces and Phases book review, Family, fem, Friendships, gays( cross dressers and all), Hope, LGBTI community in SA, Life, Life stories, Living a Queer Legacy, Nthabiseng Stoffel, Participants..., Portrait, Power, Relationships, Speaking out and against, the millennium” lesbian life, transgender individuals', Visual project, Voices, Words, Writings, Zanele Muholi | 2 Comments

2015 Jan.20: Year 2014 was not all great

Posted on January 27, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Shaz “Sicka” Mthunzi Year 2014 A great year has passed, 2014 was a very productive year for me. When it (year) began I wrote down a few goals I wanted to achieve and to my surprise, I achieved them and … 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 Activists, Akhona Hailele, Ancestors, Articles, artists, Audience, Beach, beauty, Being there, Black lesbians, Charmain Carrol, Collaborations, Collen Mfazwe and her girlfriend Nonkululeko Sandiba., community, Education, Experience, Expression, Faces and Phases participants, Family, friends, Fun, Homosexuality, Human beings, Inkanyiso crew, Johannesburg to Durban trip, Katiso Kgope, Laughter, Lebo Mashifane, Lebo Memela, Life, Living..., Love, Luh Cele, Muholi family, new friends, Parktown, Photography, Relationships, Requesting for freedom, Respect, Sea sand, Sexuality, Sharing experience, Thinking, Togetherness, Umlazi, Visual activism, Visual history, Voices, When Faces meet, Words, Zandile Makhubu, Zanele Muholi | 1 Comment

2015 Jan.17: My Durban virgin- ity breaks

Posted on January 20, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Lebo Mashifane Woz’ eDurban (Come to Durban) Ukuhamba wukubona meaning “To explore is to experience”. The 2014 festive season was quite memorable as opposed to 2013 December holidays. Just like the first climax (orgasm), it was quite a revelation … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Creating awareness, Expression, Power of the Voice, South Africa, Vision, Visual activism, Visual activism is a language, Visual Activist, Visual Arts, Visual democracy, We Are You, We Care, We love each other, We love photographs, We Love Photography, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right | Tagged Access, Act, Action, activism, Activists, Articles, artists, Arts, Audience, Beach, beauty, Black lesbians, Collaborations, community, Crowd, Durban, Education, Experience, Family, Feelings, Friendships, From Johannesburg to Durban, Home, Homosexuality, human rights, Inkanyiso media, KwaMashu township, Lebo Mashifane, Life, Living..., Love, Loving, Marimba band, My first time, Population, Relationships, Respect, Scene, Sea, self-entertain, Sexuality, South Africa, Tourism, Travel, Umlazi township, Visual activism, Visual history, Voices, Women, Zanele Muholi | 5 Comments

2015 Jan. 16: Non/Believers of New Year’s resolutions

Posted on January 20, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

Interviews by Lebo ‘Leptie’ Phume For years now I’ve been jotting down my new years resolutions and not even once have I followed them. I now find it useless for me to waste my time and write them down knowing very well … Continue reading →

Posted in Archived memories, Collectivism, Community outreach, Community work, Conversation, Creating awareness, Creative Writing, Diversity, Healthier, Important, Individuals, Inner feelings, Power of the Voice, Present, Readings, Support, Textualizing Our Own Lives, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources | Tagged Act, Action, Another approach is possible, Articles, Audience, beauty, Behind, Black lesbians, Collaborations, community, Complementing each other, Contributions, Education, Experience, Facebook, Family, Fashion, friends, Friendships, Homosexuality, Human beings, human rights, Inkanyiso media, Interviews, Lebo 'Leptie' Phume, Life, Listening, Living..., Love, Names, Photography, Relationships, Resolutions, Respect, Responses, Sexuality, South Africa, Visual activism, Visual history, Voices, Words, works, Writing is a Right | Leave a comment

2015 Jan.15: Committed Union… 6 months later

Posted on January 17, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

by Vuyisile Shabalala Our journey as a committed couple planning our wedding has come into being. Being engaged to a person like Happy Mchunu makes it easy. She fulfils me and completes my entire existence. Compromises and understanding plays a huge … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Creating awareness, Durban, Expression, Lesbian, Power of the Voice, Queer visibility, Relationships, Relatives, revolution, South Africa, Speaking for ourselves, Strength, Struggling, Style, Supporting each other, Teachings, Texts, Textualizing Our Own Lives, Thankful, Through thick and thin, together, Together we can, Touching, Townships, Understanding, Visibility, Visual Arts, Visual democracy, Visual historical initiative, Visual history is a Right not a luxury, Visual Language, Visual narratives, Visual Power, Visual sense, Visual Voices, Visualizing our lives, Visualizing public spaces, Visuals, Voice, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right, Writing matters | Tagged Couple, Experience, Feelings, Gifts, Happy Mchunu, Homosexuality, Human beings, human rights, Inkanyiso media, Living..., lovely couple, Photography, United by Love, Voices, Vuyisile Tshabalala, Women, Words | Leave a comment

2014 Dec.23: Two days before Christmas in Mafikeng

Posted on January 15, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

On this day we hired a car and drove to Mafikeng, North West to introduce the Faces and Phases (2006 -2014) book to some of the participants featuring in it and their friends. We also met new possible participants. The … Continue reading →

Posted in ... with Lerato Dumse, 4 hrs drive from Johannesburg to Mafikeng, Another Approach Is Possible, Background, Being heard, Being Scene, Claiming mainstream spaces, Claiming the public spaces, Community visit, Difference, Different positions, Faces and Phases (2006-2014) introduction, Gay Umbrella, Inkanyiso media, North West, Records and histories, Reflections, Self acceptance, South Africa, Space, Together we can, We Are You, We Care, We love each other, We love photographs, We Love Photography, We Still Can with/out Resources, We were (t)here | Tagged Act, Action, activism, Activists, Articles, Audience, Black lesbians, Collaborations, community, Education, exhibition, Experience, Expression, Family, Feelings, Friendships, Homosexuality, Human beings, human rights, Life, Living..., Loving, Photography, Respect, Sexuality, Visual activism, Visual history, Voices, Women, Words, Zanele Muholi | 1 Comment

2015 Jan. 11: “Recognizing faces that graced the walls…”

Posted on January 13, 2015 by inkanyiso2009

BOOK REVIEW by Mantedieng Mantis Mamabolo The night of Faces and Phases 2006-14 book launch came (November 7, 2014) and my Friday night schedule had been cleared. I envisioned a quiet night spent cramped in a small coffee shop, drinking … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, Archived memories, Atmosphere, Book launch, Creating awareness, Expression, Faces and Phases 2006-14, Interaction, LGBTIAQ, Participants, Portraitures, Power of the Voice, South Africa, Subjects, We Are You, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right | Tagged Act, Action, activism, Activists, Articles, artists, Audience, beauty, Black lesbians, Book review, community, Education, Existence, Human beings, human rights, Living..., names and words, Photographs, Photography, Relationships, Respect, Visual activism, Voices, Words, Writing is a Right | 1 Comment

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Tag Archives: Voices

2015 Feb. 16: VMCI is a home away from home

2015 Feb. 10: Another round for Norway

2015 Jan. 18: “The millennium” lesbian life wasn’t “simple”

2015 Jan.17: My Durban virgin- ity breaks

2015 Jan. 16: Non/Believers of New Year’s resolutions

2015 Jan.15: Committed Union… 6 months later

2014 Dec.23: Two days before Christmas in Mafikeng

2015 Jan. 11: “Recognizing faces that graced the walls…”

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