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SUMMARY:The Simon Nkoli Collective invites you to the opening of the photographic exhibition: Black Queer Visibility
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:\n\n\nThe Simon Nkoli Collective is a partnership with the Dean’s Office - 
 Faculty of Humanities, Centre for Sexualities, AIDS and Gender (CSA&G),
  Centre for Human Rights (CHR), and the Sociology Department. The Collectiv
 e’s aim is to use this exhibition to open debates on transformation, social
  justice and ideas of memory 25 years into democracy. Moreover, the exhibit
 ion is also a celebration of the Faculty of Humanities Centenary through wh
 ich Simon Nkoli’s memory is evoked as a site for reflecting on Black queer 
 resilience. The desire to inhabit the past through Simon’s journey is to ma
 p this existence within the contradictions of (in)equality. \n\n\nDown
 load Invitation\nWhy Simon: The aim is to provide an interesting and engagi
 ng introduction to the history of LGBTIQ activism rooted in Black narrative
 s. In the excavation of the earlier narratives of black queer visibility it
  is difficult to overlook the much-documented life of Simon. It is undeniab
 le that he championed many efforts. When Simon Nkoli’s memory is revisited,
  three images are often portrayed: his anti-apartheid, HIV/AIDS, and LGBTI 
 activism. Some argue that he was an internationalist. Nonetheless, Nkoli re
 mains one of the prominent internationally celebrated South African black q
 ueers.\nThe photographic exhibition profiles a series of thirty images, ele
 ven awards, one video installation and a kanga designed by Kenyan visual ar
 tist Kawira Mwirichia. The nature of the installation requires minimal narr
 ation with the material intended to solicit the participatory presence of a
  spectator. Visitors will absorb, critically analyse and construct for them
 selves the Simon they prefer.\n  Venue: New Student Gallery, Javett Ar
 t Centre, UP Hatfield Campus\n Date: 17 July 2019\n Time: 17:00\n
 RSVPs: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf9WOLD5Ak-nZtBmDMwfZxBk32e
 dBcezJQZFSCTyaevqAzaog/viewformby 15 July 2019\nThe programme will be led b
 y the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Prof Vasu Reddy, and speakers will
  include: Prof Tawana Kupe (UP Vice Chancellor), Adv Gcina Malindi SC (Vict
 oria Mxenge Group of Advocates and Delmas treason trailist), Pierre Brouard
  (CSA&G)and David Ikpo (Centre for Human Rights).\n
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