A question of identity

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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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