A question of identity

Kim Karabo Makin, 'the doors of culture shall be opened', 2022, Installation view at Linnaeus, Gaborone
Kim Karabo Makin, 'the doors of culture shall be opened', 2022, Installation view at Linnaeus, Gaborone

You could say I have kind of struggled with my own identity for as long as I can remember.

I became acutely aware of the complexities when I was in Cape Town, with its racialised environment.

I was often asked, “what are you?” At first I’d say, “I’m coloured”, but the inquisitor would often deprecate with a “no, you are mixed”. In South Africa, this is a racial question.

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