"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered." ~ Nelson Mandela on returning to the Eastern Cape
The cuisine of the AmaXhosa is very diverse but also very unique to them. I would say I have much authority on the subject since I am Xhosa born and grew up in this culture....
There is a certain aura that you attain once you dorn your cultural wear. You are magically taken to a bygone era where people were proud of their heritage....
Even though we are in the age of automobiles that are so technologically advanced we might see them driving themselves in the not so distant future....
“Why is it that in this courtroom I am facing a white magistrate, confronted by a white prosecutor, escorted by white orderlies? Can anybody honestly and seriously suggest that in this type of atmosphere the scales of justice are evenly balanced? I am a black man in a white man’s court. This should not be.” Nelson Mandela - November 1962
“True, the struggle will be a bitter one. Leaders will be deported, imprisoned, and even shot. The government will terrorise the people and their people and their leaders in an effort to halt the forward march; ordinary forms of organisation will be rendered impossible. But the spirit of the people cannot be crushed…until full victory is won.” Nelson Mandela - December 1951
“Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days.” Nelson Mandela - June 1961