Zanele Muholi's Second Volume 'Somnyama Ngonyama' Explores Blackness and Selfhood
On June 11, 2024, Zanele Muholi released the second edition of 'Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness.' This hardback volume spans 172 pages and showcases 80 photographs that delve into themes of Black identity, resistance, and imagined futures, featuring images captured globally since the first volume's debut in 2018. Curated by Renée Mussai, it also includes essays from more than ten contributors, including Sophia Al-Maria and Natasha Becker. Born in Umlazi, Durban, in 1972, Muholi is a renowned visual activist and photographer, co-founding the Forum for the Empowerment of Women and establishing Inkanyiso. Their honors comprise the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from France (2017) and the Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Award (2019).
Key facts
- Publication date: 2024-06-11
- Format: Hardback, 172 pages, 80 images
- ISBN: 9781597115377
- Zanele Muholi born 1972 in Umlazi, Durban, South Africa
- First volume published in 2018, won Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Award 2019
- Renée Mussai curated contributions from over ten writers
- Muholi's 'Faces and Phases' shown at dOCUMENTA (13) and 55th Venice Biennale
- Muholi is honorary professor at University of the Arts Bremen
Entities
Artists
- Zanele Muholi
- Renée Mussai
- Sophia Al-Maria
- Natasha Becker
- Phoebe Boswell
- Tina M. Campt
- Natasha Ginwala
- Alexis Pauline Gumbs
- Aluta Humbane
- Ntsiki Jacobs
- Khanyisile Mbongwa
- Porsha Olayiwola
- Lola Olufemi
- Legacy Russell
- Yrsa Daley-Ward
- Diana Bestwish Tetteh
Institutions
- Aperture
- Forum for the Empowerment of Women
- Inkanyiso
- University of the Arts Bremen
- Stevenson Gallery
- Yancey Richardson Gallery
- Walther Collection
- Autograph
- Visual Identities in Art and Design Research Centre, University of Johannesburg
- University of the Arts London
- Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, Harvard University
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
- Assembly Room
- Art for Action South Africa
- Autograph ABP
- Göteborgs Konsthall
- New Art Exchange
- UK Government Art Collection
- Studio Museum in Harlem
- Cogut Institute for Humanities
- Princeton University
- Lewis Center for the Arts
- Gropius Bau
- Colomboscope
- Mass LEAP
- Centre for Research and Education in Art and Media, University of Westminster
- The Kitchen
- Playhouse Company
- Injongo Performing Arts
- Muholi Art Institute
- National Department of Transport, South Africa
- Institute of Creative Arts, University of Cape Town
- Stuart Hall Foundation
- Carnegie International
- dOCUMENTA (13)
- Venice Biennale
- Deutsche Börse Photography Prize
- ICP Infinity Award
- Prince Claus Award
- Casa África
- Fondation Blachère
- Les Rencontres de Bamako
- The New York Times Book Review
- Aesthetica Magazine
Locations
- Umlazi
- Durban
- South Africa
- Johannesburg
- New York
- Bremen
- Germany
- London
- United Kingdom
- San Francisco
- Gothenburg
- Nottingham
- Harlem
- Princeton
- Berlin
- Sri Lanka
- Durham
- North Carolina
- Boston
- Liverpool
- Stellenbosch
- Cape Town
- Qatar
- Doha
- Cairo
- Egypt
- Gwangju
- South Korea
- Parktown