Spirits of the Uhadi / Link TV Block 1

(Zvuky Uhadi - Spirits of the Uhadi / Link TV Block 1)
Lauren Groenewald / Various / Již. Afrika / Various, 2003
original version / Czech sub-subtitles, 48 min

  • Thandiswa Mazwai is a major pop star in South Africa, a member of the leading kwaito group Bongo Maffin and a typical product of life in upscale modern Johannesburg. Like a growing number of young urban South Africans, she has become curious about her traditional heritage. Spirits of the Uhadi traces her journey as she travels across the Transkei in search of her cultural roots. This exploration of her Xhosa roots leads her to the older traditional performer Madosini Manqina, well-known abroad but virtually anonymous at home, who introduces her to the secrets of the age-old music, instruments and performance styles of her ancestors. An intimate study of a cultural mesage communicated across two generations of women.

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