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Seven boys in a row, draped in red and white blankets, their faces smeared with white clay and leaning on walking sticks.

Ubuntu offers lessons in how to treat people with disabilities – a study of Bomvana rituals

Lifestyle & Belief

The philosophy of ubuntu means that good health is for everybody and disability is not regarded as a difference.

Pilani Bubu found her music community after she moved from South Africa to New Orleans. She understood that the people she met wanted to learn more about her culture back home. That’s when she started to incorporate South African music into her repertoire

South Africa’s Pilani Bubu has ‘jumped off the shoulder of giants’ to create music filled with tradition

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BLK JKS: Too Good For Vowels

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Afrikaans Lit

Arts, Culture & Media

Zwelethu Mthethwa

Arts, Culture & Media
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