Hazel Kimani

Hazel Kimani / art&culture

Cherrie Bomb // exhibiting the effects of the male on the female

This is not an attempt to fight the man. Nor is it an attempt to latch onto social campaigns like #MenAreTrash and #MeToo. Cherrie Bom...

Hazel Kimani / art&culture

Azania Forest and her artistic expression

Azania was the alternative name proposed for post-apartheid South Africa. During the racial segregation and discrimination of the era, the n...

Hazel Kimani / art&culture

Rights of Admission Reserved // How Gentrification and art washing can destroy the social capital of space

When you are tucked comfortably into Johannesburg’s Northern suburbs, the word of inner city enclaves that accommodate you and your neighbou...

Hazel Kimani / art&culture

Afripedia to launch new platform to connect creatives with clients and each other

Africa’s representation has been exhausting - it’s typically about poverty and her friends, disease, unemployment and corruption. From the W...

Hazel Kimani / art&culture

Thinking about de-gendering as a route to personhood

So the first time I encountered the term ‘cisgender’ was on my colourful Twitter timeline. Some troll was ignorantly spewing his privilege a...

Hazel Kimani / art&culture

Faggotry (Embodied) // activating queer spaces with multidisciplinary artist Elijah Ndoumbé

Summing up everything that Elijah Ndoumbé encompasses is no easy task. The magnitude of their brilliance is enthralling and their approach i...

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Chimurenga // an astonishing African resource

Extracting from the Afrocentrism of Fela Kuti (and more than a hundred creative writers, photographers and illustrators from Africa and its ...

Hazel Kimani / fashion

SELFI Flagship Store // a natural sanctuary

Since the inception of Celeste Arendse’s fashion brand, SELFI, inspiration has lived in the wells of her being and each garment is testament...

Hazel Kimani / fashion

LA LOBA // harnessing the power of femininity

Rochelle “Rharha” Nembhard, multifaceted visual artist, has been a loyal customer of SELFI, a Cape Town based fashion brand owned by fashion...

Hazel Kimani / art&culture

Gabrielle Goliath’s ELEGY // a deadly sonic experience

I am certain that it is impossible to shake off visual artist, Gabrielle Goliath’s, ELEGY performance. It has been weeks since I was part of...

Hazel Kimani / Features

Anees Petersen // For those who don’t conform to the norm

“TO THE HOMIES WHO’VE HATED DOUBTED AND LAUGHED, WHO COME TO US NOW FOR AFFILIATION, VALIDATION AND ANY FORM OF COME UP, THIS GARMENT IS...

Hazel Kimani / art&culture

A Gentle Magic // an independent documentary exploring skin bleaching in South Africa

“bein alive & bein a woman & bein coloured is a metaphysical dilemma / i havent conquered yet” - ntozake shange It makes sense...