Laduma Madela
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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.) |
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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 |
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 |
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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| Laduma Madela dressed like a Zionist. |
Laduma Madela dressed like a Zionist though he insisted to be no Zionist. Probably he dressed like that to please that part of his family which belonged to the Zionists |
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| Portrait of Laduma Madela |
Portrait of Laduma Madela. |
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| Laduma presents the book "Medizinen des Blitzzauberers Laduma Madela" |
Madela presents the book " Medizinen des Blitzzauberers Laduma Madela" which had been plublished in 1984. The shorter necklace is from the black fruits of the wild chestnut tree and vertebrae of the python. The longer necklace is from the vertebrae of another snake. |
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| Laduma shows the way of smoking |
Laduma demonstrates the dacha horn which he had made from an ox horn with an inserted cane and wooden head. The red shirt is a gift from Prof. Horst Uhlig from Kiel University who made films with Madela in 1967. |
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| The left side of Laduma's outfit. |
The left side of Laduma's outfit. Laduma holds the spear now upright for demostration. his hat is from narrow pieces of genet skin at the front and at the back and both sides from the skin of the red Duiker. |
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| Portrait of Laduma Madela |
Laduma is partly dressed like a war doctor. |
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| Laduma imitates the churning of war medicine |
Laduma imitates the churning of war medicine. The black beer on the sitting mats represent the hostile Chiefs Dinizulu and Zibhebhu. |
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| Laduma Mandela half-length portrait |
Laduma's half-length from behind. strips from genet skin are fastened at the crown anf fall on the back. on his lef arm an armlet from the skin of the Vervet Monkey, Insimango. |
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| Laduma's buttock covering is from redbrown calf skin. |
Laduma's buttock covering is from redbrown calf skin. his anklets are from glass beads. |
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| Portrait of Laduma Madela |
Concerning his neck-band, umqhele, from serval skin, and his wristlet from duiker metatarsia cf. his frontal apron, isinene, is made by himself, according to the type idlaka, from black and brown calf skin. |
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| Portrait of Laduma Madela |
Portrait of Laduma Madela |