Rows of dolls bedecked with beads line the shelves of the stall in Johannesburg city center. They’re dressed in the traditional rainbow colors of South Africa’s Ndebele people, the ethnic group to ...
In his collaborative collection with Barbie and Europa Art, designer Gert-Johan Coetzee references Ndebele print, Xhosa beadwork and draws influences from modest dress as well as Pedi and Zulu ...
The origins of Ndebele beadwork are unclear, but they probably date back at least to the late nineteenth century. It is also unclear which of the two Ndebele groups, the dominant Manala or the ...
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