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DESCRIPTION:Sep 11\, 2026 - Jun 20\, 2027\nThe history of the Nguni peoples
  is a history of movement. For centuries\, communities linked by language 
 and culture lived across the grasslands\, river valleys\, and coastal plai
 ns of southeast Africa. But in the 19th century\, competition for cattle\,
  land\, and trade\, compounded by colonial pressure\, sent the region into
  upheaval. Kingdoms rose and communities splintered. King Shaka forged the
  Zulu Kingdom\; Mzilikazi established the Ndebele Kingdom in what is now Z
 imbabwe\; and the Nguni pushed farther north\, founding states in Zambia a
 nd Malawi. Today\, Nguni languages including isiZulu\, isiXhosa\, siSwati\
 , and isiNdebele are spoken by nearly half of South Africa’s population.
  That history is the subject of the first major exhibition devoted to Ngun
 i art\, presented at the Yale University Art Gallery and curated by James 
 Green. The 150 objects on view range from hide shields and intricate cerem
 onial axes to snuff containers\, baskets\, beadwork\, and dazzling jewelry
  of bone and brass. At the center of the show stands an isibaya\, the circ
 ular cattle enclosure that formed the heart of a Nguni homestead. It held 
 the family’s cattle—among its most valuable possessions—but was also
  sacred ground\, where animals were slaughtered as offerings and ceremonie
 s were held to address ancestors\, asking for their protection\, guidance\
 , or blessing. Yale’s reconstruction is made from 36 wooden posts given 
 to the gallery by the Nguni king Mpezeni IV\, who died in May. Alongside t
 he historic works are Jabulani Dhlamini’s photographs of sacred landscap
 es and sites of cultural revival\, and Nomawonga Khumalo’s film on Nguni
  oral traditions.
LOCATION:Yale University Art Gallery\, 1111 Chapel St\, New Haven\, CT 0651
 0\, United States
SUMMARY:Nguni: Migrant Nations of Southeast Africa
URL;VALUE=TEXT:https://airmail.news/arts-intel/events/nguni-migrant-nations
 -of-southeast-africa
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