Projects

We have 2 areas of focus in our work. One is community development for the poorest of the poor, (The Indlovu project) and the other is the preservation and promotion of traditional African culture. 

The dawn of democracy in South Africa has brought about many changes in the cultural landscape of the country. A past history of displacement and alienation has caused many black South Africans to undergo a process of reviving their cultural norms and values. This revival of lost identity is an answer to the call for an African Renaissance.

The focus on restoring and promoting our both tangible and intangible cultural heritage is being promoted by the United Nations. The result is that the indigenous culture of previously marginalised communities can easily be on a par with other developed countries.

More and more young people are finding out about their traditions and are following their heritage in their own way because they are suffering from an identity crisis. The problem is that as the tradition is mainly based on oral tradition there are few  visual records.

The custodians of cultural heritage are the elderly, and the danger of their knowledge being lost is very real. An intervention to document these traditions, customs and rituals is an urgent requirement, hence the documentary film of a traditional wedding.