LET BLACK PEOPLE ENJOY LUXURY IN 𝙿̶𝙸̶𝙴̶𝙲̶𝙴̶ PEACE

12pp., colour illus., paper wraps, Self-published, No Place, 2026

Thandi Gomo explores fashion as memory, identity, protest, and inheritance.

"I want to begin with a confession: I love beautiful things. Lush textures, glistening detailing, rich colour and more. Not loudly, but intentionally. Saying this out loud still feels subversive. bell hooks once wrote that desire itself becomes politicised when Black people express it freely. Especially when that desire is for beauty, rest, or pleasure. That framing matters, because there is a particular anxiety reserved for Black people who enjoy luxury ... Luxury fashion, when it lands on a Black body, is suddenly up for moral review ..."

Thandi Gomo works in corporate communications and brand strategy. She lives in Cape Town.