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Ninevites (The)

  • Ninevites (The)
Type : Documentary
Original title : Ninevites: Basotho Style (The)
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2012
Format : Short
Running time : 6 (in minutes)
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Bits and pieces of life in Semonkong, Lesotho, as captured on film by Johno Mellish.

In part - Basotho elders share their Izithakazelo Zabo: a recitation of ancestral lineage, a spoken family emblem, a poem of history, a rite of Basotho culture.

This is precious language, and we celebrate it.



PHOTO, FILM AND FASHION FROM LESOTHO AND SOUTH AFRICA
WITH MANY MORE PLACES AND FACES TO COME.
THE ORIGINAL NINEVITES GANG, OUR INSPIRATION, FORMED IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY WHEN A GROUP OF SOUTH AFRICANS LONGED TO BREAK AWAY FROM INJUSTICE AND ESTABLISH A NEW ERA AND WAY OF LIVING.

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