Crafting a Living Heritage by Motlatjo Mogoboya will be screened during lunch.
Over the past twenty years, a group of women from Mogalakwena in Limpopo have been preserving their cultural heritage by documenting their knowledge and experiences of local traditions through embroidery. They began creating embroidered panels as a way to sustain themselves while recording aspects of their community’s traditional lifestyle, including food recipes and detailed bridal practices. The film examines these panels as a form of living heritage and gendered memorialisation, arguing that they preserve the history and cultural practices of Mogalakwena through visual art. It also highlights how this work contributes to post-colonial and post-apartheid South African history and collective memory.