Tag: Faka

• keep hip hop queer

  

  For my mixtape project, I chose “Keeping Queerness Visible from Artists of South Africa.” As the world becomes more and more accepting of the LGBTQ+ community, it’s important that queer people across the globe take up the spaces they weren’t previously allowed or seen in. Hip hop is notoriously trans and homophobic, so the courageRead…

  kaylynsteele

  April 28, 2021

  Gender & Sexuality, LGBTQ+, Playlist, South Africa, Student Projects

  Dope Saint Jude, Faka, femme, Is’phukphuku, Mr. Allofit, MX blouse, Nguban’ Ozosnqanda, non binary, queer, trans, Umlilo

• 5 LGBTQ+ African Artists who challenge heteronormativity 

  This mixtape shines a well deserved light on five African hip hop artists who are challenging the heteronormative culture prevalent in much of Africa through their music. In many African countries, such as the ones these artists hail from, it can be dangerous to be openly LGBTQ+. These artists are taking great steps to normalizingRead…

  noraolagbaju

  April 28, 2021

  Gender & Sexuality, Kenya, LGBTQ+, Playlist, South Africa, Student Projects, Xhosa

  #Angel-Ho, ballroom, Cape Flats, Cape Town, Desire Marea, Dope Saint Jude, Faka, Fela Gucci, Grammo Suspect, heteronormativity, LGBTQ, MX blouse, nonbinary, queer