The Xhosa traditional attire, called umbhaco, is made of heavy materials with colourful patterns and intricate beadwork.

Every week, Inside Africa takes its viewers on a journey across Africa, exploring the true diversity and depth of different cultures, countries and regions. The journey from boyhood to manhood is a ...

The Xhosa live in south-east South Africa, and in the last two centuries, throughout the southern and central-southern parts of the country. The Xhosa people are divided into several tribes with ...

The world is a mosaic of cultures, given an increasingly homogenous form through the lens of social media. So if you are what you wear, and what you wear is mostly shaped by Western standards, how do ...

Babalwa and Zola Mcaciso recently got married on a farm in the Western Cape. It was a wedding they had always dreamt of having, mainly as they incorporated their Xhosa culture. The three-day wedding ...