Ndebele beadwork, as we know it today, originated in the late nineteenth century as a means of expressing cultural identity and reinforcing social status, following major defeats and dispersals at the ...

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 ...

“Beadwork of South Africa” is one of three exhibits that open this evening at Gallery 409 in celebration of Black History Month. The show is of beadwork by the Zulu people of South Africa. The pieces ...

THE NDEBELE artist threads her beaded skirt with her South African heritage and with curious dreams about the West. She fashions pictures of houses with stairs and plumbing and electric lights, ...

"For generations, the Ndebele women of South Africa have produced an art of remarkable richness and dynamism...the Ndebele women have held fast to their tradition of adorning their homes with painted ...