In the more than 70 self-portraits that make up South African artist and visual activist Muholi's exhibit, "Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness," the artist reclaims the images of black and brown people who have historically been exoticized and othered in visual media. Here Muholi, whose pronouns are they/them, tells their own story.
Ezithombeni engizenzele zona ezingama-70 ebezibukiswe umdwebi waseNingizimu Afrika nesishoshovu sezemidwebo uMuholi, "uSomnyama Ngonyama, Ingonyama Ebhonga Ebumnyameni," lo mdwebu ubuye wathatha izithombe ezingezabantu abampisholo nabansundu ababecwasa ngokomlando nababekhishwe inyumbazane kwezemibukiso yezithombe. Lapha uMuholi, onezabizwana ezithi ba-/bona, okuyizona ezixoxa indaba yazo.