Sociologist Thoko Sipungu examines at the experiences of gay Xhosa men in the Methodist church. Anathi Ntozini and Hlonelwa Ngqangweni look at how gay Xhosa men experience traditional initiation.

In South Africa's Eastern Cape, Xhosa men undergo an initiation, after which they must wear formal clothing for six months. Knitwear designer Laduma Ngxokolo was dismayed that the formal clothes ...

Another Xhosa man, Thando Mgqolozana, wrote a novel, A Man who is Not a Man, about the ritual and its secrets, and focussing on the experiences of homosexual men.

“Xhosa men between the ages of 18 and 25 g through an initiation ritual into manhood,” he told me at LUXURY CONNECT AFRICA, a three-day trade exhibition created by Luxury Business Strategist ...

In South Africa's Eastern Cape, Xhosa men undergo an initiation, after which they must wear formal clothing for six months. Knitwear designer Laduma Ngxokolo was dismayed that the formal clothes ...

In South Africa's Eastern Cape, Xhosa men undergo an initiation, after which they must wear formal clothing for six months. Knitwear designer Laduma Ngxokolo was dismayed that the formal clothes ...