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Tag Archives: Eastern Cape
For the ancestors
I have owed you some pictures for a while now. This relates to a ceremony held in Thabisa’s village, Corana, just the other side of Mthatha. Thabs and her cousin Mazwi had both been dreaming regularly of their great-grandmother who … Continue reading
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Tagged ancestors, Corana, Eastern Cape, impepho, sheep, superstition, Xhosa culture
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Fifty photographs
Saturday was Youth Day in South Africa – a commemoration of the youth uprising that began in Soweto on 16 June 1976. As I drove Thabs to work she declared that she was fully “youth-ed up” and began an impressive … Continue reading
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Tagged Eastern Cape, King William's Town, Masingata, Mzwakhe Mbuli, photographs, Triple M, Youth Day
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Southernwood
Drive up Oxford Street in East London, away from the sea, into Southernwood. Walking distance from the centre of town, most of the grand houses in this suburb have been turned into offices. The ordinary Victorian and Edwardian houses have … Continue reading