The Black queer body in Africa is rooted in histories of colonialism that disciplined our bodies, erased indigenous gender and sexual knowledges, and rendered the Black queer existence both criminal and unspeakable. Through a performance studies lens, the Black queer body becomes a site of inscription where violence, surveillance, and resistance are repeatedly enacted and remembered.
It’s a LONGSTORY treats the body as a living archive-carrying inherited memory, interruption, silence, gesture and excess where official; histories have failed to speak. Drawing from underground modes of survival such as kinship, ritual and embodied storytelling, the work stages Black queer presence as both fragile and defiant. The performance is an act of self-revelation and refusal, reclaiming the Black queer body as an expressive, political force that rewrites visibility on its own terms rather than submitting to dominant narratives.
