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USolwazi Fatima Meer: isishoshovu, umbhali, isifundiswa, umholi womphakathi, kanye ne-icon yamalungelo abantu

Isishoshovu samalungelo abantu ,wazalelwa eThekwini, Fatima Meer (Agasti 12 1928 – Mashi 13 2020), waqokwa njengomunye wabaholi bezombusazwe besifazane abavelele eNingizimu Afrika. Umsebenzi wempilo yakhe kwakungukulwa nenqubomgomo yengcindezelo yobukoloni nobandlululo, futhi wawuthatha lo msebenzi ngesasa. Kangangokuthi waba ngowesifazane wokuqala owavinjelwa umbuso wobandlululo ngo-1952. Isimo esesabekayo sikaMeer sabonakala ezicini eziningi zomsebenzi wakhe kubandakanya nokugqugquzela kwakhe izinhlangano … Read more

Ulwazi Fieldworkers

With their fingers on the pulse of what’s happening in Durban, our young Ulwazi fieldworkers write about everything from local cultural groups, to exhibition openings and recipes for traditional Zulu foods. Click on the links below to read about what Sboniso and Nkosikhona have been researching this month:

The Promotion and Preservation of Indigenous Languages

Last week SAFM held an interesting discussion on the preservation and promotion of indigenous languages in South Africa. Radio presenter, Stephen Grootes, debated the issue with Dr Thabo Ditsele, Linguistic PHD student at UCT; Senior lecturer in African Languages at UCT, Dr Tessa Dowling; and Professor Sihawu Ngubane, Head of African Languages and Linguistics at UKZN, and former … Read more

Ulwazi Fieldworkers: March

Each month we do a wrap up of what our Ulwazi fieldworkers have been researching, and this month it’s clear that Siboniso’s work had a definite theme, with the majority of his stories focusing on Zulu traditions surrounding death. Click on the links below to read about the isihlangu ceremony that’s performed after the death of a male family … Read more

A ‘Family’ Photo Album

One of the core principles of the Ulwazi Programme is that information be collected in as democratic a manner as possible, with members of the public working in conjunction with fieldworkers to create content, many of which were previously unrecorded. Working along similar lines, Proclamation 73 is a not-for-profit project that is currently calling for the … Read more

Ulwazi Fieldworkers: May

Last month Siboniso Langa, one of our enthusiastic Ulwazi fieldworkers, reported on the different clothes that Zulu men and women wear at different times of their lives, and in different contexts. Siboniso discussed everything from bridal outfits to the clothes that a Zulu prince wears, as well as everyday attire for traditional Zulu girls and boys. Follow the … Read more