Paul Weinberg South African, b. 1956
Every year, the followers of the Ibanda lamaNazaretha (Shembe Church) embark on a 50 km pilgrimage from Inanda to Mount Nhlangakazi, the Shembe Church’s holy mountain, where the founding prophet is said to have received revelations from God, Nhlangakazi, , 2019-21
colour digital archival print on Hahnemühle Photo rag 308 gsm paper
sheet size: 59.4 x 84.1 cm
edition 10+2AP
signed and numbered in pencil in the margin
Every year, the followers of the Ibanda lamaNazaretha (Shembe Church) embark on a pilgrimage from Inanda to Mount Nhlangakazi, 50 kms away. Church followers believe that it was on this...
Every year, the followers of the Ibanda lamaNazaretha (Shembe Church) embark on a
pilgrimage from Inanda to Mount Nhlangakazi, 50 kms away. Church followers believe that it
was on this holy mountain that the church founder, Isaiah Shembe, received the revelations
that constitute the bedrock of their faith. Here, they pray several times a day and dance a
slow Zulu rhythmic beat accompanied with drums and at one time, horns, but by trumpets
today (not unlike a vuvuzela). It is a performance which one devotee described as, “dancing
for God.”
