Youlendree Appasamy

Youlendree Appasamy (pronouns: Youlendree/they/she) is a feminist free radical based in Johannesburg, with work spanning writing, collage, jewellery-making and DIY publishing through zines.

Their work is borne from observing the aects underlying daily interactions and their writing interests include histories of Indian indentured labour in South Africa, gender and family-making in South African Indian communities and anything that has to do with the ocean. Youlendree’s bylines can be found in Roads&Kingdoms, Africa is a Country, Mail & Guardian, Kajal Magazine and enthucutlet [forthcoming]. Youlendree has a BA (Hons) in Political and International Studies from Rhodes University and an MA in Political Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand.

In 2020, Youlendree and Wairimũ Murĩĩthi founded feminist zine-making collective No Sweetness Here and created two iterations of Making a Feminist Internet: Africa e-zines. Youlendree was also involved for a number of years on the editorial board of Ja. Magazine, an award-winning e-zine platforming young photographers, poets, writers and illustrators in South Africa