Black Portraiture[s] III takes place from November 17 to 19 in Johannesburg.
Beyoncé is often overlooked in terms of her cultural contributions and artistic value, but is, in many respects, all things to many black women.
It was energising to be in a room where female bonding strips away the social masks we wear, writes Nelly Shamase.
A chance just to be themselves acknowledges their bitter struggle