Sondela Nontombi - Because I’ve Seen your Future and I Think You Should See it Too invites viewers into a radiant Afro-futuristic dreamscape where Black hyper-femininity exists in its fullest glory. Through this offering, Buqaqawuli Nobakada honours the beauty, complexity, and resilience of Black women, whose self-adorning practices serve as both personal liberation and cultural performance, disrupting and redefining societal narratives. She reimagines the relationship between black women and luxury, weaving together intimate moments of abundance, experimentation, and self-love.

In these works, lace fabric becomes both material and metaphor—a delicate yet resilient symbol of femininity, echoing the stories of the unnamed women who came before her who inspire her practice. The fragile and intricate process of working with lace aids in positioning Black femininity as high art and envisioning a utopia where identity and presentation are acts of joy and liberation.

This offering is not just an invitation to witness a beautiful future—it is a call to embrace it. Through the figures of her friends and sisters that are representatives of contemporary femininity in the series, Nobakada offers a vision of possibility, one that reclaims space for Black women to exist in luxury, sovereignty, and boundless creativity.

Curated with intention and love, Sondela Nontombi extends an open hand to those ready to see the beauty that lies ahead. Buqaqawuli Nobakada is affirming the way she sees herself and the women around her whilst simultaneously teaching the world how to see us.