South African brand Maxhosa resurrects ancient Xhosa motifs. Mossi, through his clothes and fashion school in the eastern Paris suburbs, hopes to give disenfranchised young people a dream to aim for.

It’s all systems go for the homecoming umgidi ceremony of fluent Xhosa-speaking teenager Chad Baling, 18, after he successfully underwent the ancient Xhosa ulwaluko initiation rite to manhood.

She reinvigorated ancient Xhosa cultural traditions through performance and teaching. Jacana Media 3 março 2022 Imbokodo is a long overdue series of children’s books on South African women.

It took 135 million years, but a dinosaur has finally been given a Xhosa name. ... while "thwazi" is ancient Xhosa for the lightning-fast saurus (or lizard).

In South Africa's Eastern Cape, Xhosa men undergo an initiation, after which they must wear formal clothing for six months. Knitwear designer Laduma Ngxokolo was dismayed that the formal clothes ...

Grahamstown - It took 135 million years, but a dinosaur has finally been given a Xhosa name. Welcome Nqwebasaurus thwazi - "the mythical, fast-running messenger". This week a jubilant Dr Billy de ...

Siphiwo Kutshwa may hold an influential position in the Kokstad town council, but until recently he was considered a "boy" in Xhosa terms. Having never undergone his culture's traditional bush ...

The queen of Xhosa music has passed away. She reinvigorated ancient Xhosa cultural traditions through performance and teaching. Clay figurines of musicians, made in the 1930s, are being exhibited ...