Queering Cape Town - Queer in Africa III

Cape Town is oft labelled the gay capital of Africa. For a great number of its LGBTIQ citizens however, the city remains a cryptic and rather inaccessible space. "Queering Cape Town" is collaboration between activists, artists, students and academics. The project includes a series of activities aiming at unpacking notions of a gay Cape Town from a queer, non-normative perspective. This publication is one of those activities. It documents the reflections as presented at a symposium with the same name hosted by Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA) in collaboration with the HBS in October 2016. The contributions in this publication seek to spark a critical reflection on – the fantastical, the fabled, the fabulous and the fabricated – Cape Town as a contested city within Africa, within South Africa and perhaps, within our collective imaginaries.