This article describes and analyses an umgidi, a celebratory feast that usually accompanies the final 'coming out' phase of circumcision, among farm workers in the Sundays River Valley, Eastern Cape.

Cape Town - Satellite TV in the bush, lavish ceremonies with sushi, bottles of Hennessy and motorcycle motorcades - no expense is spared as families splurge on celebrating circumcision initiates ...

Xhosa is known affectionately as the "click click language." — -- The "Black Panther" movie is winning attention for breaking Hollywood norms through its almost entirely black cast and crew, ...

It’s all systems go for the homecoming umgidi ceremony of fluent Xhosa-speaking teenager Chad Baling, 18, after he successfully underwent the ancient Xhosa ulwaluko initiation rite to manhood. Baling, ...

December is one of the best months for the Xhosa nation because they get to host umgidi (traditional ceremonies) where families and the community get together. Broadcaster Melanie “Mel” Bala and her ...