The Casa Santa Ana Foundation in Panama is hosting Zanele Muholi's first exhibition in the country, titled 'Amalanga awafani (Days Are Not the Same).' The show features major photographic series including 'Somnyama Ngonyama' and 'Faces and Phases,' and includes a new chapter of portraits of Panama's local LGBTQ+ community, integrated into the global archive. The exhibition is free to the public and runs until April 2026, supported by Panama's Ministry of Culture.
The exhibition is significant as it expands Muholi's global 'visual activism,' bringing their powerful documentation of Black LGBTQIA+ identities and resistance to a new region. By incorporating local Panamanian subjects into the ongoing 'Faces and Phases' archive, the show reinforces the project's mission of combating historical invisibility and preserving collective memory, while fostering critical dialogue about identity, exclusion, and social change through community programs.