Sisipho Mandy Ndzuzo

Sisipho Mandy Ndzuzo is from Mbekweni Cape Town, South Africa. As a trained violinist from the Frank Piertesen Music Centre, the musician and dancer has performed for civil rights historical figure Nelson Mandela and was recognized as one of South Africa’s best LGBTQ performers and activists. She has participated in ‘Face and Phases: Our Queer Black Aesthetics in South Africa,’ a project of Zanele Muholi and Performa 17, founded by art historian/curator Roselee Goldberg. Her work also includes performing at diverse cultural venues such as The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, The Bronx Museum of the Arts and Stonewall Inn.

Bio courtesy of the artist.