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to document myself

musings of an almost 25-year-old going through a bit of a quarter-life crisis.

socials: @nozimanga_

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the title is the chat tbqh, just chatting through how i’ve been going through it.

references

  1. Noname – Don’t Forget About Me
  2. “It took years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be here.” – James Baldwin
  3. 2 Corinthians 4:8-9. The Bible, English Standard Version.
  4. Disturbed – The Sound of Silence. although, the version my choir was probably referencing is the one by Simon & Garfunkel

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this is a follow-up from my previous episode where i engage feedback i’ve gotten from you and provide some clarifications and additions.

references

  1. Bibi Bakare-Yusuf. “Fanon Can’t Dance: The Antiphonies of The Gaze”, ch. 5 in her PhD Dissertation, In Sea of Memory: Embodiment and Agency in the Black Diaspora. (2000)
  2. 1 Corinthians 13:9. Amplified Bible.
  3. Queer Africa: New and collected fiction(2013), edited by Karen Martin and Makhosazana Xaba
  4. Thandi Ntuli, To My Own Self available from SoundCloud on: https://soundcloud.com/thandintuli/to-my-own-self

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introductions are always a great place to start. this is my attempt at engaging the "who am i?" question.

references: 1. Moses Sumney - boxes 2. Tshisimani Pocket Queerpedia available to download in English, Afrikaans and isiXhosa from: https://www.tshisimani.org.za/2021/02/16/pocket-queerpedia-download/

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trailer intro 'to document myself'