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Waafrika (Part 2) – An original audio play

In last week’s None on Record podcast we listened to part 1 of Nick Mwaluko’s play WAAFRIKA. We met the main character, Awino, who is sitting at her mother’s grave when her father, the village chief finds her there. Awino’s father is angry because she has gone to live with a white woman named Bobby [...]

None On Record: Waafrika! (an original audio play)

In this week’s None on Record podcast we listen to Nick Mwaluko’s play WAAFRIKA (Part 1). WAAFRIKA is set in a Kenyan village where Awino, the favorite daughter of a local tribal chief named Odhiambo, has left her home and gone to live with Bobby, a white woman and former Peace Corps volunteer who has [...]

NONE ON RECORD: Rape For Who I Am

Homosexuality is one of Africa’s last great taboos. In South Africa, homophobia is being ‘expressed’ through targeted rape of black lesbians. Four extraordinary women expose harrowing experiences and the struggles of African lesbians. Rape for Who I am is their courageous refusal to become victims of their sexuality. Check it here. A film by:Lovinsa Kavuma [...]

NOR Interviews: 3Sum

Photo above: 3sum: Amstel Makwane(L) Koyo Bala (center) and Jeff Moyo(R) The group 3Sum is the first openly gay music group in South Africa. The group debuted in 2002 and is made up of members Amstel Makwane, Koyo Bala and Jeff Moyo. “They had a fear of how people were going to accept, us,  these [...]

 
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NOR Interviews: Nick Mwaluko

Nick Mwaluko talks about transitioning from female to male after immigrating to the United States from Kenya. “Could I have lived in the other form? I still would have  clean water…the three meals a day.” Nick Mwaluko was born in Kenya and currently lives in New York City. He was interviewed in New York City. [...]

 
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NOR Interviews: Notisha Massaquoi

Notisha Massaquoi is originally from Sierra Leone and currently lives in Canada. She was interviewed in Toronto, Canada. “I felt my silence enabled her to be murdered in that way…” Notisha Massaquoi talks about Fanny Ann Eddy, the lesbian activist who changed her life.

 
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FannyAnn Eddy (1974-2004) In 2004, FannyAnn Eddy, an LGBT activist [...]

None On Record: Interview w/ Bev Ditsie

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None on Record: Stories of Queer Africa is a sound documentary project that collects the stories of queer, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (QLGBT) Africans from the African Continent and the Diaspora. QLGBT Africans are everywhere—within the neighborhoods of Dakar, Toronto, Nairobi, New York City and London and in the small towns and villages of African countries.

 
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