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As she states, “I am producing this  photographic document to encourage people to be brave enough to occupy spaces,  brave enough to create without fear of being vilified. . . . To teach people about our  history, to re-think what history is all about, to re-claim it for ourselves, to encourage  people to use artistic tools such as cameras as weapons to fight back.”    More than twenty curators, poets, and authors offer written contributions that  draw out the layers of meaning and possible readings to accompany select images.  Powerfully arresting, this collection is as much a manifesto of resistance as it is an  autobiographical, artistic statement.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49735412646161,"sku":"NGR9781597114240","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50137821544721,"sku":"GOR009917184","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51039060066577,"sku":"NIN9781597114240","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51117613252881,"sku":"CIN1597114243G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52688224321809,"sku":"NLS9781597114240","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53069056540945,"sku":"CIN1597114243VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1597114243.jpg?v=1751245790"},{"product_id":"zanele-muholi-somnyama-ngonyama-hail-the-dark-lioness-volume-ii-book-zanele-muholi-9781597115377","title":"Zanele Muholi: Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness, Volume II","description":"The highly anticipated second volume to the widely acclaimed and celebrated self-portrait series, Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness    In Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness, Vol. II, Zanele Muholi explores and expands upon new personas and poetic interpretations of personhood, queerness, Blackness, and the possibilities of self. Since the publication of the first volume in 2018, Muholi has continued to photograph themself in a range of new international locations. Drawing on material props found in each environment, Muholi boldly explores their own image and innate possibilities as a Black individual in today’s global society, and—most important—speaks emphatically in response to contemporary and historical racisms. Renée Mussai, curator and historian, brings together written contributions from more than ten curators, poets, and authors, building a poetic and experimental framework that extends the idea of speculative futures and the potentiality of multivalent selves. Powerfully arresting, this collection further amplifies Muholi’s expressive and radical manifesto. 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Depicting women of various ages and backgrounds, this gallery of images offers a powerful statement about the similarities and diversity that exist within the human race.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53155337961745,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53155338027281,"sku":"GOR007404264","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9783791344959.jpg?v=1771953184"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-zanele-muholi.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}