KwaZulu-Natal
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
Near Laduma's kraal; Isaak Khwela (son of the Lutheran Pastor Leonard Khwela at ceza) with the tinder plant "Helichrysum aureonitens". |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
Scenery of Ceza Mountain above Laduma's kraal on the way to the well. |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
Ziphelaphi, Susa, Laduma, Mr. Bob Redman (Administrator of Ceza Hospital) and the pilot Mr. Sanders in front of the Piper on Vryheid Air Port |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
Susa and Laduma after their flight.(cf "Susa", plate 22 top and pp.50,51) |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
Sarturday before Easter Sunday 1979: Ziphelaphi and Laduma in front of the Piper which the author had hired at Vryheid for a round flight. Unfortunately the weather was bad so that it was impossible to fly over the Madelas' kraal. |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
Good Friday 1979: Madela presents a spear of the type isijula which he had forged and treated with medicines to three men who had ordered it. They intended to kill with it a " baboon", be it an animal or a human baboon, who used to milk their cows at might. |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
Medicines for provoking death by magic, umbhulelo. Top: A. 7cm long twig of the small shrub umbheza, andrachne ovalis. Madela also calls it umgwazucaca, i.e. "He who kills to such and extent that dead people lie around everywhere-- left: Blood from umdlebe, ca. 3x3 cm, i.e. |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
Laduma with the "wild calabash"/"Ghost calabash", isigubhu somoya, made from a hollowed out wart pumpkin, unkonko. It was still "clean", i.e. without medicine. In order to catch the wind or to provoke strong wind it has to be filled with medicine. (cf. "Medicinen", plate 13, right and pp. |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
Laduma with his stuff for healing, induku yokwelapha, with the hand of an antbear, isambane, as a crook. (Medizinen, plate 19, pp.92, 93) |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
Laduma with his stuff for healing, induku yokwelapha, with the hand of an antbear, isambane, as a crook. (Medizinen, plate 19, pp.92, 93) |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
Laduma with a magical powerful necklace, iziqu, from the cones of casuarina equisetifolia (casuarinaceae) which the author had bought in 1977 from the Santa Lucia Bay. The pendant is a container, umfece, for snuff-medicine, carved by Laduma Madela from the wood of umthombo. |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
Laduma in front of the tree Clerodendrum glabrum (Verbenaceae in his neighbour's Mashingeni Khumal kraal. It is a tree which is said never to be striken by lightning. From its branches the lightning-rods are made. |
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| Sezela Sugar Mill |
Sezela Sugar Mill |
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| Sezela Sugar Mill |
Sezela Sugar Mill |
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| Sezela Sugar Mill |
Sezela Sugar Mill |
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| Sezela Sugar Mill |
Sezela Sugar Mill |
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| view of Beach front |
General view of beach front showing Durban "Skyserapers" taken from light house tea gardens, Bluff. Durban |
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| View of Bluff |
Bluff, Bathers and part of the point, taken from pool beach, Durban, 1938. |
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| Durban light house |
Durban light house, taken from Tea gardens Bluff, Durban. |
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| General view of Bay |
General view of Bay, showing "WindsorCastle" point sheds, whaling landing, pleasure and seapoint at Salisbury island. Bluff, Durban |