This body of work is centered on portraits that aim to empower individual black women in a post-colonial society, although the portraits focus primarily on two individuals, the work intends on reaching a mass audience in order to reconstruct perceptions of black women in society. It consists of ‘Beings Becoming’ (Van Dyke Prints) and the Individual (Silkscreen Prints). The aim of the portraits is to depict a narrative and create an active dialogue within contemporary society. This body of work is not only composed of narratives but is also a series of individual pieces that empower individual black beings. ‘Beings becoming’ emphasizes on the layering of material in order to “perpetuate” the negative. Ironically, it gradually moves into the positive image by virtue of how the black female figure has been constituted throughout history. The superimposing of the character depicted in the work is to create a dialogue of an identity that has been reinforced on the individual being. It aims to relate to a manner in which stereotypes have perpetuated within the representation of the black female body. ‘Individual’ on the contrary uses the silkscreen medium to portray the individuals. This set of work aims to put emphasis on the power of individuality within the framework of black female representation. It constructs and deconstructs black female identities in contemporary society. In so doing, as a modern Sotho woman, I infuse the Seshwewshwe cloth with historical Dutch clothing designs in order to interrogate the components of African identity. The individual being in this sense is presented as a cultural hybrid that presents Western and African customs. This series aims to empower African women by diverting the archival history of representing black people and black females in particular. It combines the notion of a firm gaze in order to confront the viewer. As a result, the being is in a sense reaffirms the black identity, but majorly in the quest for gaining an authentic representation of an individual woman in a post-colonial society.