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Stitched into this place.

African Threads Posted on November 17, 2015 by Val HearderJune 27, 2016

Today, when some in our world seem hungry to divide people violently along racial and religious lines, I find myself thinking about growing up in Apartheid South Africa. In Durban in the late 60’s, I was not supposed to go alone to the Indian Market, in the heart of the city. Here I found community and my world grew bigger.

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Posted in AfricanThreads, Community, Fabric, Fabric shopping, Musings, My history, Social Commentary, South African Tour, Travel | Tagged African medicine, Apartheid, bunny chow, culture, curry, Durban, fabric shopping, Hindu, Indian Market, Madrassa Arcade, Muslim, South Africa, tour, Victoria Market | 3 Replies

Fabric Shopping in South Africa.

African Threads Posted on June 10, 2015 by Val HearderJuly 8, 2016

When we visited Limpopo Province this past April, our tour group was thrilled to stop at an African trading store. Three generations of an Indian family had owned the store supplying fabric to the various groups in the area: the Shangaan, Tsonga and Venda.

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Posted in AfricanThreads, Fabric, South African Tour, Travel | Tagged African trading store, elephants, fabric buying, leopard, Limpopo, safari truck, Shangaan, shwe-shwe fabric, South Africa, tour, Tsonga, Venda | 2 Replies

Visiting a Zulu village

African Threads Posted on May 30, 2015 by Val HearderJuly 8, 2016

In April I led an arts & culture tour to South Africa. Here I am, second from the right, sitting with our tour group while visiting a Zulu village near Eshowe, KwaZulu Natal. Behind us are traditional bee-hive huts.

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Posted in AfricanThreads, South African Tour, Travel | Tagged arts & culture, bee-hive huts, Eshowe, KwaZulu Natal, South African, tour, village, Zulu, Zulu dancing | 3 Replies

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