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Koleka Putuma

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Also known as Coco Putuma

South African queer poet and theatre-maker

Person · Open Library

Works
6

Top works

  • No easter sunday for queers
  • To Breathe into Another Voice
  • Imbewu Yesini
  • Hullo, Bu-Bye, Koko, Come In
  • Collective Amnesia

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Music · MusicBrainz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
20
Total plays
157

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Quotes

  • I found myself negotiating with what it meant to be Black and queer and South African, and viewing my body in those kinds of spaces
  • I feel as a Black queer woman in South Africa, I’m confronted with a lot of those issues that are rooted in capitalism and whiteness and patriarchy on a daily basis
  • We are more than these bodies that live in patriarchal societies that have been affected by our histories in our past.
  • It’s important to have a dialogue about the things that are plaguing us, or disturbing our peace and our freedom
  • I’d like to believe that no matter what period I was born into, my writing or poetry would still have been my chosen way of contributing to liberation and contributing to conversations
  • I think that at the heart of activism is dialogue

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Available in 11 languages

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