Campbell Collections
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
Mbongeleni wears the cloth from F6/2a over the beaded waistcoat which Alexina once had made for her fiance.(Cf. Handwerke", plates 106 bottom right and plate bottom) |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
Alexina's son Mbongeleni Dlakude with a white cotton cloth which his mother decorated with glass bead ornaments and with metal bells. (Cf. "Handwerke", plate 106 bottom left, and pp.106/107.) |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
The fullfilment of Mvelinqani's prophesy! (Cf. "Susa", plate 24 top, and p. 52; in "Zulu Mythology", colour plate 4 bottom.) |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
Laduma carries the imibengo on a wooden tray isithebe. Observe the way of his holding the tray |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
Imibengo, i.e. a stripes of meat cut zigzag, which played an important role in a prophecy of Mvelinqangi. |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
Susa with his eldest daughter, her husband and their grandchild |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
Susa \'s son in law who had paid 18 cows for Susa's daughter starts to perform war dances. |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
Susa Madela dressed up as the priest of the Madela family whose duty it is to praise the ancestors. He wears a red Lourie feather and in his pierced earlobe a horn smeared inside with anti-lighting medicine. He stands in front of Bafungile's house. (Cf. "Susa", plate 25 and p.53) |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
In Bafungile's house. Susa looks at his portrait which the author had taken on 31st March 1979. He played to be schpcked by "this fearful man". ("Der einbeinige Gott", colour plate XXI) |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
Laduma on Bafungile's bed in ceremonial dress. In his crown from genet skin various feathers, among them one ostritch feather. |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
Bhekamandla, Susa and Laduma with their medicine horns in front of their portraits. That one of Laduma the author had taken in 1977. |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
Laduma's daughter Alexina, married Dlakude, starts to cover a wrangler waistcoat with glass bead ornaments. The author had bought both waistcoat and beads. She never got the waistcoat. In 1985/86 Alexina pretended it to have been stolen.(Cf. "Handwerke", plate 106 top and pp.106, 107) |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
Visit to Father Elmar Kimmel O.S.B. at Nandi Mission. From left to right: Velabengasho Khumalo, Mbhekeni Mhlong, Laduma Madela, Pater Elmar, Eric Khwela, Mr. Mthembu (taxi driver) |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
Visit to Father Elmar Kimmel, O.S.B. on Nandi Mission from the Benedictine Diocese of Eshowe. Velabengasho and Mbhekeni had announced our arrival at Nandi Mission by blowing the ox horn trumpet made by Laduma (cf. Susa, page 32). |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
From left to right: Alexina, Laduma, Mbhekeni Mhlongo; Velabengasho Khumalo dressed green and with Laduma's ceremonial skin hat; Bhidli Mhlongo; Mashingeni Khumalo; Mbhekeni's wife. |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
From left to right: Alexina, Laduma, Mbhekeni Mhlongo; Velabengasho Khumalo dressed green and with Laduma's ceremonial skin hat; Bhidli Mhlongo; Mashingeni Khumalo; Mbhekeni's wife. In the foreground part of the author's camera outfit.
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
The authors' farewell visit to Laduma Madela. Laduma hands over to Eric Khwela as his intermediary the gifts for the author: a battle axe he made for her and the now finished inhlendla from F.1979/II, F.12/1a. To the right waves Mbhekeni Mhlongo a whisk. With green headcloth his mother. |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
Madela puts spear into the hearth from twigs. He will blow the fire up with his mouth. He has no bellow.(Cf."Handwerke", plate 1 top, and p. 94.) |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
Madela starts to forge a spear for the ceremonial killing of goats from rod iron (reinforcing steel). He works on an iron anvil (part of a rail from the railways). (Cf. "Handwerke", plate 1 bottom, and pp.94,95.) |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
In Bafungile' house. Laduma is resting on her bed. Ziphelaphi and Bafungile (only her yellow head cloth is visible) sit politely on mats on the floor. To the left are partly visible: the shafts of a battle axe and an inhlendla (cf. to follow: F22/28). |