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.
Ngaphakathi kwezithombe zempela ezingama-70 ezenza amaciko aseNingizimu Afrika kanye nkubukiswayo kwesishosholozi sokubukwayo uMuholi,, i-"Somnyama Ngonyama, Bayede Bhubezikazi Elimnyama," usomaciko ubuyisa izithunzi zabantu abamnyama nabansundu abasisetshenziswa ngabavela kwamanye amazwe ngokomlando bafakwa nakuzinsiza zkuxhumana ezibukwayo. Lapha uMuholi, osebenzisa izabizwana bona, zisithela eyazo indaba.