INKOSI MASONDO IV
In series IV, exploring not to just another layer of myself but what am I feeling today, growing up with the conflicted identity on who I see myself as, what my mother taught me and what society wants me to be. During 05 October 2024, at Maidens Cove, Cape Town, I investigated what this journey looks like in a visual performative element. In these photographs I investigate the feeling of contempt, being in this place shows how I am kind of in the middle where I accept this world I exist in and at the same time it angers me that no one wants to hear me or understand my point of truth on why we should embrace our rich culture as Black South Africans. The red blanket is carried from series II to display those emotions which is what separates what this part of my journey looks like.
In today’s time as a young adult, I have come to terms to accept that I can not win the battle in attempt to discuss and represent the richness of Black South African. And with how the mindsets of many has shifted. Being in contempt is to accept the reality of what the Black South African community has become. In this act of acceptance, is seen as I am in water dressed in a contemporary black fashion. This symbolizes the silent strength and the recognition to keep moving forward as I can not challenge what others think.
