Ms Congo was born when I was living in Berea between 2004 and 2006. A big part of it was pushing back against thebook that was being reissued in about 2005. So I also had an opportunity to go to Kinshasa to perform that character, which, in South Africa, was unveiled at my first solo show at the Stevenson.In vernacular, “injibaba” means alopecia, which is hairline recession.
It was my first time in Europe and I was on a three-month residency. I did this Afro character as a way of pushing back. So I became this black sheep character that they were scared of. It highlights a European xenophobia under the guise of protecting utopia. That’s one of the hypocrisies of nationalism. You have to use armies and passports and concentration camps to keep people out.
Now, I am embodying two characters in the recent body of work. Nomalizo Khwezi, who is our main protagonist in the tapestries, also embodying Malibuye Khwezi. It revolves around the idea of true names. In my culture, whether it is Bhaca or Xhosa, you are marking a moment in history, or predicting the future. Or trying to make sense of things. So the name becomes quite strong. Something to live up to in myth or something to betray.Khwezi is also the morning star, which is one of my favourite sights in the morning. I wake up and I go for a jog and I look at it and I feel so connected to the land, whether be it Cape Town in the urban form or Hogsback, where me and my partner live.
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