Distinctly South African.

We shot a portrait of Shaqir Erasmus earlier this week, and had an interesting chat with him about his identity. Shaqir has his ancestry from Khoi Khoi, Java and France (Hugenot) which makes him quite uniquely South African. We will upload some interview clips later to this blog so keep on coming back to hear what his views are on his community and South African identity in general.

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More interviews.

Bulelani Zantsi collects his portrait.

Imbongi Bulelani Zantsi came to collect his portrait and we wanted to upload some more interview clips from him. First he explains the difference between regular poets and praise singers.

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He also talked about other signifigances of the clan names.

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Interview at Umhlobo Wenene

Tomorrow, Saturday 18th of April, early in the morning Amkelwa is going to be talking at Umhlobo Wenene about Inkokhelo.com. Set the alarm clock for 5am and listen from your radio (fm frequencies here) or online.