Female initiation – A rite of passage to womanhood rarely spoken about
Male initiation is a nationwide known rite of passage to manhood. IBhokwe: The Goat - a short film adapted from Thando Mngqolozana's book A Man Who is Not a Man as well as INXEBA: The Wound are bodies of work that are centered around Ulwaluko: Xhosa male initiation. Yet how often have you heard about Lebollo la basadi (Sotho, Pedi and Tswana), Intonjane (Xhosa) and Tshikanda (Venda) also known colloquially as […]
