TUMELOMALETE

Exploring my layered complex tapestry in series III, I understood how I had to represent myself. I had to get closer to the images to display everything that I am. The anger had to be displayed, the multicultural identity, the internal struggle, the conflict, the space I am in, and the religion as these terms had to be presented up close. This allowed for the photographs to communicate a much better message on this conflicting identity. During 30 August 2024, in the photography studio on campus. I investigated how the images will look much closer to the subject to bring out those details, and items for the audience to understand what they are looking at. Within those close-up shots, I dissected the part on how I carry this heavy weight existing in a post-colonial society.

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The bag in series III, showcases the burden, but how I had to carry it exactly. With the application of the traditional designed bag, with Ndebele patterns. The inherited tradition is often viewed as “baggage.” This is due to how the post-colonial society identifies the Black South African cultures as symbol of evil and bad as with remnants of colonialism has affected millions of Black South African mindsets. Having to carry this identity means I had to navigate myself through a nation divided and does not recognise its richness of identity.