by Pelisa | Aug 26, 2020 | Uncategorised
Indeed, women have always had intimacy with fire. It rages in their veins, it falls from their hips, and they convert it to a warmth that a heater can’t compare. It is with this knowledge that in Xhosa culture they have been entrusted with the collection of...
by Pelisa | Feb 19, 2020 | Uncategorised
There is a tool that flourishes best when it is passed down from generation to generation. It dethrones kings, pardons captives and drops to the floor majestic wings of eagles in flight. Mountains are made low and high the minds of those who consume it –...
by Pelisa | Oct 10, 2019 | Uncategorised
To move forward an intimate conversation with our past is needed, and that further grounds us in our humility & humanness. In this vlog, I explore in an intricately what it means to be a child of the soil, in prolonged conversations with nature and what it means...
by Pelisa | Sep 24, 2019 | Uncategorised
Either way…a life in our roots The sonorous cadence of the iron bar against dry corn confined by stone translates beyond the literal finish desired. There is peace that is offered by our indigenous practices, illustratively, as the mill labour commences an...
by Pelisa | Apr 25, 2019 | Uncategorised
Vintage is the preservation of the art of heritage and belonging. In a platform for sharing our humanness and traditions such as this, I lay bare my roots in direction. My narrative started with my modest upbringing enriched with culture where authentic African...
