PHOTOS: Drag Queens In South Africa Embrace Queerness And Tradition

    Posted by NPR - Africa News on

    Belinda Qaqamba Ka-Fassie poses at a community space where women cook and sell meat. She started drag as an escape from oppression she felt at Stellenbosch University for being "black, Xhosa, poor, queer and effeminate." "It is through pageantry and performance that I became more inclined with my queerness and how boundless expression should be," she says. "Drag became the therapist I never had."

    Even though they face discrimination, they proudly embrace their heritage in the way they dress.

    (Image credit: Lee-Ann Olwage)

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