Esther Mahlangu is almost 80 but she's still going strong. For decades, she has practiced the traditional art of her tribe, the Ndebele, located in northeastern South Africa. "This was the old way of ...

IN Part I we explained that ukuhlonipha was a much wider term than the English word “respect”. We further explained that ukuhlonipha was fundamental to the Ndebele culture and that it went across all ...

Having doors shut in his face and being refused entry to stores — and sometimes even being physically dragged out — is part of Thando Mahlangu's constant struggle. The Ndebele activist was thrust into ...

Johannesburg – Although she does not understand the many languages spoken at the various countries she has travelled to, Esther Mahlangu manages to bring people together using the one language she ...

The work of South African artist Esther Mahlangu is as stunning as it gets: clashing yet beautiful colours, ziggurats, diamonds, and arrows whirl around the edifice. A zigzag pattern of bright blue, ...

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Far left in the front row of the boys: Mzwakhe Meshack Shili in Ndebele garb. An African rite of passage is a cultural treasure that many South Africans fight to retain within their suburban space in ...

Ndebele group formerly known as Bhekezela Number 2 and now known as Tjhida Ngitjhudule after performing during the official handover of Thanduxolo Special School in Klarinet. What started as a group ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Esther Mahlangu is having a retrospective of her world famous art in Cape Town. Now 88, the South African visual artist is best known for her colourful large-scale murals in ...

When completed later this year, the façade of the new Kalahari condominium development in Harlem — the largest of the area’s bumper crop of such developments — will be painted with a bold, striped ...

In South Africa, the Ndebele tribe is famous for its colorful and geometric paintings. Over the past 30 years, Ndebele artist Esther Mahlangu has helped popularize popularize the technique, exhibiting ...