"The first performance I did at the Theater Spektakel was basically around reparations, how we take back the land, and I used the student protests as the starting point. I started with video pieces of these different camps for Boere (Afrikaans) guys who run the camp because they think black people are going to invade and kill them all, and then I move on to the student protests, and after that I go to the land matter. It’s also about how the female black body is viewed in protests, how black women have protested certain things, and how they are kept out of protest history. If women must protest they must protest not to make a mark, you know, it’s not like you can be a part of the ANC and be there with Mandela."
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Buhlebezwe Siwani
Buhlebezwe Siwani (born in 1987 in Johannesburg) is a multidisciplinary artist known for her work in performance art, installations, and photographic stills.Buhlebezwe Siwani was raised in Johannesburg, and has lived in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal. Siwani completed her BAFA (Hons) at the Wits School of Arts in Johannesburg in 2011 and her MFA at the Michaelis School of Fine Arts in 2015 where she graduated cum laude. Siwani works predominantly in the medium of performance and installation
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