KHANYA ZIBAYA

Khanya Zibaya is a multidisciplinary artist. Born in the Eastern Cape, Mount Fletcher raised in a small village called Sikote. His
work about the abuse of black bodies and questions of freedom the possibilities of black existing freely while black or thereʼs if there is a
turning of white for acceptance and real freedom. @my_actingcanvas

Ikhompi, (2023) Edition: 1/7 x 2 AP Photographic Print Archival Paper 29.7 x 42 R10 000

IKhompi is a process done mostly by black females either in the townships or rural areas. In this process they apply calamine lotion, home remedies or recommend lotion on their faces. Depending on how long they decide to do this for they wake every morning they apply the calamine lotion keep it on for the rest of the day, sleep with it wash it in the morning and reapply it again. The process can last a week or a month the person stays indoors for the entire process they can not be around the sun or any place with heat