Laduma Ngxokolo, the designer behind MaXhosa Africa, is on a mission to embrace his country’s history and traditions, rather ...

All ethnic groups have unique traditional garments that express their pride, heritage, and identity; each tells a distinct story of both the past and present. In the Xhosa nation, this garment is ...

Xhosa is known affectionately as the "click click language." — -- The "Black Panther" movie is winning attention for breaking Hollywood norms through its almost entirely black cast and crew, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Young Transkei Man and Woman, 1947. The photograph is from the side of a young man with his hand over his face. He is wearing necklaces, a leather ...

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 ...

SOUTH AFRICA’S official submission to the Oscars this year was a story of Xhosa youth “going to the mountain” to become men. The film, set at a traditional initiation school in the remote Eastern Cape ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The young Xhosa boy is wearing a leather belt, a necklace with a pouch at the end of it, a leather wrist band, and a animal fur piece. This is ...