Mborweni

The Xhosa culture is a culture which is passed down from generation to generation through stories which make reference to very specific practices, eras and people. Which is why we are such a proud and misunderstood people because we have very little of our history in textbooks and on the internet; it really takes quite a while before you're able to read about the Xhosa people. That's why it's so important for us as Xhosa people to speak the history of our people and teach the masses in order for people to understand better what goes into many of our cultural values and practices.

This is our friend Lwanda Bixa, who recently returned from the mountains on the 3rd of January 2015 and we've had an amazing time sharing and documenting the culture with him; we hope he becomes  familiar face which you end up loving and relating to.

Isiko lakwa Xhosa, lisiko eligqithiswe kwizi zukulwana nezi zukulwana ngama bali anobhekiso kwi zithethe, amaxesha nabantu. Kungako ke singabantu abaziqhenyayo naba ngaqondwayo kuba sine mbali encinci kwiincwadi nakwi ntantethi, kuthatha ixesha phambi kokuba ukwazi ukufunda ngabantu bakwa Xhosa. Kungako ke  kubalulekile ukuba thina singabantu bakwa Xhosa sithetha nge mbali yabantu bakuthi sifundise uninzi ukuze abantu baqondisise ukuba zintoni ezingena kakhulu kua xabiso nezi thethe zosiko lwethu.

Lo ngumhlobo wethu uLwanda Bixa, osando kuphuma esuthwini ngomhla wesi thathu (3rd) ku  nyanga a January 2015 sibene xesha elikhwankqisayo xa sabelana sibonisa isiko lethu naye, siyathemba ukuba akazunqaba emehlweni enu nani nizakuqgibela nimthanda, nikwazi ukuzalanisa kuye.

A book - Ingcwadi.

About a year ago, we started planning the arrival of our first booklet which would highlight style within our culture and how we can use style to relay the stories of the past in the present and hopefully use those to combat misconceptions our culture in the future. The booklet was a 16 page booklet (starting at the front cover to the back cover) and there were only 10 copies made. Through this we learnt a lot about planning and conceptuality because we want people to feel as though they can relate to the certain hardships and to create an authentically South African brand that addresses not only how we're seen through how we dress but also how South Africa is seen through it's practises.

There is so much more we need to learn about Art, Fashion, Design and Photography but slowly we're moving in the right direction.

Kunyaka ogqithileyo siqale ukucwangcusa incwadana yethu yokuqala, ncwadana leyo ikhankanya indlela ekunxitywa ngayo kwi siko lethu nokuba ndlela leyo singayi sebenzisa njani ukuzalanisa izinto zamandulo nezangoku kuze sikwazi kwazi ke ukususa indida ye siko lethu kwi kamva. Le ncwadana ibi namaphepha alishumi elinesithandathu (ukuqala kwi cwecwe eli ngasemva) kwakukho nje incwadana ezi lishumi ezenziwayo ezifana nale. Ngo ku safunda lukhulu ngoku ncwangisa nokuxela kuba sifuna abantu bazive bekwazi ukuzalana nama xesha anzima athile bakwaz ukusungula into yoMzantsi Afrika ubonwa njani xa kufika kwizithethe zawo.

Kusafuneka sifunde lukhulu ngeZobugcisa, limpahla, ukudweba nokuthwebula imfanelekiso kodwa ke kancinci siza sizakufikelela apho.