Zanele Muholi: Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness, Volume II blurring the lines between conventions

blurring the lines between conventions of masculinity and femininity

and invites us to retire to stately Rome

while being a celebration of the power women have to change the narrative when they are the ones holding the pen

The Sex Life of Women and Women

revealing them in a thrillingly intimate

Zanele Muholi: Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness, Volume II blurring the lines between conventionsIn Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness, Volume 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