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And today, for activists around the world, we are featuring the works and advocacy of South African artists Zanelli-Moholi.

They go by they-them and describes themselves as a visual activist who uses their works as a way to advocate for the rights and protection of the South African queer community, specifically the lesbian and

non-binary and trans community. They do a lot of work in that field in specific areas. First,

if you haven't, go and follow their works on social media. They have

updated and show new shows that they're happening on their site and is under their name.

And I will spell it correctly this time. Z-A-N-E-L-E-M-U-H-O-L-I. So you should go and follow their

works. They have some great content on there.

They have some good meditation stuff, vibration stuff. You know, we love that over here. So if you need that in your feed, go follow them first and foremost.

So here's a bit about them from the botanica.com, because yes, they are pretty big. But I mean, for those who are not in the art

world, I thought we need to feature them, obviously. So Zanelli Maholi, born July 19, 1972,

they identify as visual artists rather than an artist and is non-binary using they-them pronouns.

Their work, primarily photography, seeks to make more visible the

black LGBTQIA plus community in South Africa, where discrimination has often repressed queer and

trans-trans stories. Maholi says of their work that my mission to rewrite a black queer and trans-visual

history of South Africa for the world to know of our resistance and existence

at the height of hate crimes in South Africa and beyond. They are the youngest of eight children

from the town of Umlazzi growing up during the time of apartheid in their country. Maholi worked

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