MaXhosa | Justina Blakeney
I’m enamored with the collections of South African knitwear designer Laduma Ngxokolo. His line, MaXhosa was designed as a knitwear solution to Xhosa initiation rights, that includes a tradition of dressing up in “new dignified formal clothing for six months after initiation.” He incorporates traditional Xhosa beadwork craft, patterns, symbolism and colors into his modern knitwear collection. Gorgeous, yes?
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Nelson Mandela, wearing traditional Xhosa dress, attends the wedding of his great grand nephew on December 7, 2002 in Umtata, Eastern Cape
Africa | Image taken from the publication "Red Blanket Valley" by Joan Broster. Published 1967 || Red Blanket Valley is an eye-witness account of life on an isolated trading station in the Transkei, where for 14 years Joan Broster lived with her husband. Mention is made of the Amaqwathi, Baca, Basuto, Bomvana, Fingo, Gcaleka, Hlangwini, Hlubi, Pondo, Pondomise, Tembu and the Xesibe. It also offers a great introduction to the Xhosa and their beadwork.
Thembu People
ღღ Africa | Thembu mother and child at intonjane. Chris Hani District, Transkei, South Africa. 1962 | Piper Collection
Africa | Xhosa woman smoking her pipe. East Cape || Scanned postcard. Posted from Grahamstown in 1968
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Traditional Xhosa Wedding by Monica Dart {Tembakazi & Mateli}
Today is a VERY special day. That’s because today I finally get to share our first full traditional South African wedding (our first, but by no means our last – in fact, look out for a …
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Eastern Cape, South Africa 1994. Nelson Mandela wears traditional Xhosa attire during part of his campaign tour, 1994
XHOSA PEOPLE:SOUTH AFRICA`S ANCIENT PEOPLE WITH UNIQUE TRADITIONAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” ― ...