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Lin Sampson looks at the culture of dress and initiation ... All tribal initiates wear different clothes, often blankets teamed with a hat, but the young Xhosa men are distinct.
An Afrikaner farmer's rendition of a Xhosa gwijo captivated audiences with its heartfelt performance and cultural unity. Many ...
The film Inxeba: The Wound — South Africa’s official entry for next year’s Oscar awards — has captured the imaginations of South African and international audiences. In a July 2017 edition ...
the man surprised Lukhanyo with his fluent Xhosa and knowledge of the culture Mzansi netizens were impressed by their ability to connect despite their racial backgrounds A white South African man ...
This goes double for the Xhosa men that live in South Africa ... that’s awkward because we are practicing a traditional culture and yet wearing clothes which are Western,” Ngxokolo says.
An Indian teenager from East London in the Eastern Cape has undergone the Xhosa ... a man. Before he set off for the bush, he needed four bottles of brandy, two blankets and makrwala - clothing ...
But that is exactly what happened to Laduma Ngxokolo, a young man from the Xhosa ethnic group ... project titled The Colourful World of the Xhosa Culture while Ladume was studying textile design ...
A new fashion trend dubbed “old man style” is now taking over young Chinese women’s wardrobes as they increasingly seek comfort over beauty with oversized men’s clothes to combat body-shaming.
When Mandela is buried in Qunu on Sunday, many of the Xhosa rituals may seem foreign to you. We asked Nelisa Ngqulana to explain some of the culture’s burial traditions ... means “to accompany”). The ...
The day when her son goes off to initiation school to become a man. On the days of the big celebration, women wear brightly colored clothes ... However, cultural experts say there is not such practice ...
Laduma Ngxokolo is taking his Xhosa ... Xhosa Culture while Ladume was studying textile design and technology at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth. Laduma's clothes ...