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Tag Archives: South Africa
It has been an interesting week
It started at 7.30am on Monday in Berlin. (Berlin, Eastern Cape, South Africa, that is). I was a little early for my meeting with a research participant, so I wandered around the town and took some pictures. Standing at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, Eastern Cape, family history, Frankfort, German settlers, Kirchmann, South Africa, Wittstock
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Sunday night
I have always been prone to Sunday night syndrome. And it is Sunday night, so take this post with a hefty pinch of salt. I have had it. I am just so, SO disappointed that I can hardly articulate it, … Continue reading
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Tagged Eastern Cape, ECLGBTI Org, gay pride, Mdantsane, South Africa
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Embo!
It was a swelteringly hot day in East London yesterday. The School Communicator popped up on my computer screen at mid-day. An alarming red notice said that after-school sport was cancelled owing to the heat. Thabisa’s mother phoned in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Eastern Cape, Mthatha, Pondo culture, South Africa, weather, Xhosa culture
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That wedding…
… caused some serious confusion. It wasn’t Thabisa and I that were getting married, it was Milisa and Nonelelo. Re-reading my last post I see that it was a bit ambiguous. Sorry! 🙂 Here are the pics from the traditional … Continue reading
There was no hymn sheet
The congregation decided what to sing, and when to sing it. Here is the clip you have been waiting for from last Saturday’s wedding… Terribly low res, but you get the idea.
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Tagged Eastern Cape, King William's Town, South Africa, ululate, ululating, Wedding
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We caused a stir
I have never been more photographed in my life! The general consensus, in spite of my reservations about white people in Xhosa traditional dress, was that it worked. The eyebrow pencil instead of calamine for the face painting was a … Continue reading
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Tagged Debe Nek, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Wedding, Xhosa culture, Xhosa traditional dress
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