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Here, Khanyisile works in the context of sacrifice, cleansing, and purification. She wrote, 'A sacrifice, a cleansing, a purification. I have no bull, sheep, goat or pigeons to offer as the sacrificial animal demanded by God. So, I offer this Black (human) body as the ULTIMATE sacrifice – for cleansing and purification that will appease Whiteness. Jesus, the ultimate sacrifice – was not enough… now I am offering the self as a sacrifice' (Mbongwa, 2016).
About the Artist
Khanyisile Mbongwa is a Cape Town-based independent curator, award-winning artist, and sociologist who engages with her curatorial practice as Curing & Care; using the creative to instigate spaces for emancipatory practices, joy and play. She is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Creative Arts, University of Cape Town and is a Blak C.O.R.E (Care of Radical Energy) Fellow at the University of Melbourne. She was the Chief Curator of the Stellenbosch Triennale 2020 and was the Curator for the Liverpool Biennial 2023.
