Zanele Muholi is a South African photographer and visual activist whose striking black-and-white pictures highlight the experiences of black lesbian and transgender people in Africa. Muholi was born in the slum of Umlazi, not far from Durban. She earned a Bachelor of Technology degree in Advanced Photography from DUT.
Muholi's images often show personal moments of power and fragility, celebrating the beauty and strength of those who overcome prejudice and brutality. Her goal is to produce a visual history of South Africa's black lesbian and transgender communities in an effort to dismantle hegemonic cultural narratives. Read Less
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Zanele Muholi is a South African photographer and visual activist whose striking black-and-white pictures highlight the experiences of black lesbian and transgender people in Africa. Muholi was born in the slum of Umlazi, not far from Durban. She earned a Bachelor of Technology degree in Advanced Photography from DUT.
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