dc.contributor.other | Jordan, Cheron | |
dc.contributor.other | D’Une, Avalon | |
dc.contributor.other | Payne, Chad J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-27T11:40:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-01-27T11:40:36Z | |
dc.date.created | 2018 | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.other | 456-11 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.2/15473 | |
dc.description | 456-11.jpg created from original Artwork in the Visual Art Students projects Collection held in the Manuscripts Section of the Stellenbosch Library and Information Service. | en_ZA |
dc.description.abstract | Description of Artwork
Beverley Palesa Ditsie was born in Soweto in 1971. Flung into an era where her race was discriminated against and her sexuality wasn’t accepted, she was not afraid to challenge social norms. She was a founding member of the Gay and Lesbian Organisation of Witwatersrand (GLOW), which sought acknowledgement of sexual diversity as a human right during and after the apartheid regime. In 1995 she was the first openly lesbian woman to address the United Nations to “adopt resolutions recognising sexual diversity” at a conference on women’s rights. An activist and a filmmaker, her unwavering strength and positivity of character became apparent in her documentary, Simon & I, dedicated to the plight of LGBT people during apartheid. The documentary follows Ditsie and Simon Nkoli (also a founding member of GLOW).
Considering her position as a lesbian, female, person of colour who experiences hostility and oppression from nearly all angles of society, she projects a remarkably uplifting, persevering and grounded attitude into the world. We feel it vital to commemorate her, and what she stands for, to avoid erasure and gain attention in our new democracy.
The colour scheme of our image represents her grounded and resilient personality. The image of her is from her speech at the first Pride March in South Africa, which she helped to promote and organise. The symbol is one used in her and others’ activism for LGBT rights. | |
dc.format.extent | 1 artwork | |
dc.format.medium | Print on paper | |
dc.rights | This item is subject to copyright protection. Reproduction of the content, or any part of it, other than for research, academic or non-commercial use is prohibited without prior consent from the copyright holder. | |
dc.source | Visual Art Students projects Collection , MS 456. | |
dc.subject | Stellenbosch University. Dept. of Visual Arts | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Visual Arts Education | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Art -- Study and teaching -- South Africa -- Stellenbosch | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Art -- South Africa -- Stellenbosch | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Ditsie, Beverley Palesa, 1971- -- Pictorial works | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Gay and Lesbian Organisation of Witwatersrand (GLOW) -- South Africa | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Sexual minorities -- South Africa -- Pictorial works | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Homosexuality -- South Africa | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Motion picture producers and directors -- South Africa -- Pictorial works | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Women's rights -- South Africa | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Human rights workers -- South Africa -- Pictorial works | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Restitution -- South Africa -- Pictorial works | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Reparations for historical injustices -- South Africa -- Pictorial works | en_ZA |
dc.title | Beverley Ditsie | en_ZA |
dc.type | Image | en_ZA |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright Stellenbosch University | |