Laduma Madela
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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 |
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 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 |
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 |
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 |
Velabengasho Khumalo and his wife Gabajana Mhlongo Khumalo in ceremonial dress/ festival attire. Velabengasho has red Lourie feathers in his hair. Gabajana's topknot is a wig decorated with bead ornaments. The lower one is a token of respect to her in-laws, umnqwazi. |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
Sithupha's husband Maqhubandaba Mbatha in his uniform as a police man, with handcuffs in his belt. He wears a red Lourie feathers in his hair. With grandchild. |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
An albino woman and the isangoma Khulumile Khumalo |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
Mdlokombana Zulu dressed for the dances. He wears a red Laurie feathers in his hair and an ostrich feather coloured blue in an armlet. His dancing stick is beaded. (Cf. in black/white in "Madelas Tierleben",p.291 |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
Another young man dressed up. Behind his shield from oxhide a protection from the hand expanded plastics. His knobkerries is of the type isagila.(Cf."Madelas Tierleben", p.290.) In black and white. |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
Feasting on oxmeat dipped in coarse white salt. To the left Seven Khumalo. Another man cuts the meat strips zigzag into imibengo |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
Laduma's eldest sister Merica (according to her membership in an American sect) joined the festival |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
Born by one and the same mother: Suasa, Merica, Laduma. Merica was proud of having carried Laduma when he was a baby on her back. |
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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 shows Merica the photo albums the author had sent Laduma. On the floor sits a man of extremely low rank who tries to get some food everywhere. |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
On the day after the festival beer is brought from Velabengasho' kraal and is received with dances. The dancers from left to right: a son of Mbabazeni Madela, Laduma, Velabengasho, Mbhekeni Mhlongo's mothers (in the foreground, Mbhekeni... |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
View from above Laduma Madela's kraal, which is in the centre. To the left of the small road leading to it is the kraal of Mashingeni Khumalo. Uphill from there, to the left, is the kraal of Laduma's daughter Alexina with two rondavels and a rectangular house. (Cf. |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
Gumede, a son of Laduma's daughter Hlomeleni, arrives home from work in Johannesburg |
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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). |
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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 |
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.) |