Posted on 07 July 2010 by Ulwazi Web Editor
Betsie Greyling interviews author, activist and politician Mewa Ramgobin at the Phoenix Settlement as part of the oral history component of the Ulwazi Programme. He provided insight into the ‘forgotten’ history of the 1960s and 1970s at the Settlement, where people like Steve Biko, Alan Paton and Rick Turner congregated at work parties to discuss the politics of the day and strategies of resistance.
Posted on 05 July 2010 by Betsie
This month’s new submissions from our volunteer field-workers:
Posted on 05 July 2010 by Ulwazi Web Editor
Sona Singh shares stories from her remarkable life with Betsie Greyling. As a singer, entertainer, race driver and world-traveller, Sona has experienced more in her life than most people will in several.
At 77 years old she’s still going strong, planning her next trip to India, teaching yoga and choreographing and producing her latest show.
Posted on 01 July 2010 by Ulwazi Web Editor
Mwelela Cele interviews Mr Cele as part of the Memories of Inanda documentary, produced for the eThekwini Municipality’s Ulwazi Programme. Mr Ximba discusses the Shembe Church.
Mr Cele discusses his ancestral home, which housed the first doctor’s sugery and post office in Inanda.
Posted on 28 June 2010 by Ulwazi Web Editor
Mwelela Cele interviews Mr Ximba as part of the Memories of Inanda documentary, produced for the eThekwini Municipality’s Ulwazi Programme. Mr Ximba discusses the Shembe Church.
Nazareth Baptist Church (Alternatively called “The Nazarite Church” “iBandla lamaNazaretha”, or the “Shembe Church”) is an African Initiated Church founded by Isaiah Shembe in 1910.
It has approximately 4 million members. The religion bans smoking, drinking, and fornicating. It is seen as a mixture of Zulu tradition and Christianity. It reveres Isaiah Shembe as an African Messiah and emphasizes the Ten Commandments.
