Ka-Fassie’s recent project, in collaboration with photographer Lee-Ann Olwage, is called #BlackDragMagic. The images — celebrating both queerness and Xhosa culture — were shot on a Sunday afternoon in Khayelitsha, on the outskirts of Cape Town.
“In one shot, I wore a white African dress made from a blanket, often worn by males in our culture, and African jewellery worn by women.” The process was creative and spontaneous, says Olwage, described by the sisters as “cool” and “crazy”. Phika and fellow activists recently wore black dresses for a protest against gender-based violence at Kayamandi township in Stellenbosch.
This is Phika’s way of reclaiming her past. From Mbekweni, Paarl, she was treated as an outcast at school and told in church that she had a “gay demon”. “If gays were criticised, then my parents would say, ‘Don’t talk like that,’ ” says the trans woman from Lingelihle, in Malmesbury. “When I was doing grade 12 in Philippi, people were increasingly caring to me.”
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