Sabelo Mlangeni — Isivumelwano _alt_Kingsley Ifill & Danny Fox – Holy Island and bodies in motion

and bodies in motion

or fingerprints – attest to their uniqueness and utilitarian function

and encounter photography as an immediate

Along this twenty-mile stretch of one of the world's longest coastal mudflats

praise dancers

Sabelo Mlangeni — Isivumelwano _alt_Kingsley Ifill & Danny Fox – Holy Island and bodies in motionSouth African photographer Sabelo Mlangenis documentary work reflects his conscious choice of themes, subcultures, and minority groups that usually remain invisible. The title of this collection of images, Isivumelwano, comes from Nguni, a Southern African language group. The word means contract, agreement, or alliance, and here it is synonymous with the marriage ceremonies in Black communities that Mlangeni has documented over nearly 30 years. The