Great grand parents from grandmothers’ side, Nigel, South Africa. Year unkown
1941 – 1998 - Grandmother - Nomasonto, Gertrude Nxumalo, home, Zola North, Soweto. 08.01.1958
Great-grand mother from my grandmothers’ side Busekile Hlongwane, Year unknown
Great-grand mother Busekile Hlongwane and Friends, Year unkown
Grand parents from Grand fathers’ side Ermelina and Marta Ndwandwe, Piet Retief, Year unkown
A Family Portrait, Grandparents with Aunts and uncles, Year unkown
Mom, Duduzi Audrey Nxumalo, Emdeni, Soweto, Year unkown
Bottom Left, uncle Langa Nxumalo, Durban beach, Year unkown
Mom, Duduzile Audrey Nxumalo (1), Grand Parents house, Emdeni, Soweto, Year unkown
Siphiwe Hlongwane, Duduzile, Nkosenye, Busisiwe and langa Nxumalo, Soweto, 15.10.1970
Mom, Duduzile Audrey Nxumalo (2), Home, Emdeni, Soweto, Year unkown
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Mom, Duduzile Audrey Nxumalo (3), Home, Emdeni, Soweto, Year unkown
Uncle, Ntsizwa Nxumalo – Missing, since 1990
1993 - From left, uncle Nkosenye Austin Nxumalo with a friend, Neighborhood, Zola North, Soweto.
1970 - 2008 Uncle, Langa Aubrey Nxumalo, Emdeni, Soweto. Year unknown
1970 – 2008 - Second from front. Uncle, Langa Aubrey Nxumalo with friends, Emdeni, Soweto. Year unkown
From right. Uncle, Nkosenye with friends, Emdeni, Soweto, 1988
Uncle Nkosenye and Uncle Langa with friends, Emdeni, Soweto, Year unknown
Aunt Tee Nxumalo, Thembisa, Eastrand. Year unknown
Aunts: Tee, Gugu, Sphiwe and Uncle Bongani, Thembisa, Eastrand. Year unknown
From right Uncle Nkosenye Austine Nxumalo with friends, Emdeni, Soweto.1988
Aunt, Buyisiwe’s house, Dobsonville, Soweto, 1996
1966 - 1996 Uncle Bongani Manana, Thembisa, Eastrand. Year unkown
Aunt, Busisiwe Radebe, Home, Emdeni, Soweto, 1990
Uncle, Bongani Manana with Aunt Tee Nxumalo, Thembisa, Eastrand. Year unknown
From left, Uncles Githa Shabalala, Bongani Manana, Thembisa, Eastrand. Year unknown
Uncle Bongani, Uncle Mko and Uncle Gita with friends, Thembisa, Eastrand. Year unknown
Backrow, third from right, standing - Uncle Nkosenye with friends, Emdeni, Soweto, Year unknown
From right, Uncle Nkosenye with friends, , Emdeni, Soweto.1988
Second from left, Uncle Langa, Emdeni, Soweto. Year unknown
In the Middle, Uncle Langa, Emdeni, Soweto. Year unknown
Bending, Uncle Langa with a friend 2, Emdeni, Soweto. Year unknown
Second from left, Aunt Busisiwe Nxumalo. Year unknown
Second from right, Aunt Busisiwe Nxumalo. Year unknown
Sister, Nomasonto Nxumalo, Home, Emdeni, Soweto, 1992
1983 – 1994 - Brother, Moeketsi Velaphi Nxumalo (1), Home, Emdeni, Soweto, 1988
1983 – 1994 - Brother, Moeketsi Velaphi Nxumalo (2), Home, Emdeni, Soweto, 1988
Me, at home, Emdeni, Soweto 1998
1983 – 1994 - Brother, Moeketsi Velaphi Nxumalo (3), Home, Emdeni, Soweto, 1988
1941 – 1998 - Grandmother, Nomasonto Gertrude Nxumalo, Emdeni, Soweto. Year unknown

A HALF BUILT HOUSE, 2013

These pictures are scans of photographs from my immediate ‘family album’. They were brought into our home by my aunts, uncles, mother and grandparents. In 2013, I made a conscious effort to collate and digitise them as some of the few physical mementos that connect us as a family. Each photograph has been handled by family members at some point, and my act of reorganising, scanning and titling them is a way of reinforcing these connections. It also serves as an entry point into the stories, memories and questions that will forever define us beyond our DNA. These photographs are sentimental historical documents that have laid the foundation for my curiosity about and inquiry into life on Earth.

001 - Great grand parents from grandmother’s side, Nigel, South Africa. Year unknown

002 - Nomasonto Gertrude Nxumalo (Grandmother 1941 - 1998), Zola North, Soweto. C.1958

003 - Busekile Hlongwane (Great grandmother), year not recorded

004 - Busekile Hlongwane (Great grandmother) and friends, year not recorded

005 - Ermelina and Marta Ndwandwe, Piet Retief, Mpumalanga, year not recorded

006 - A Family Portrait, Grandparents with Aunts and Uncles, year not recorded

007 - Duduzile Audrey Nxumalo (Mother), Emdeni, Soweto, year not recorded

008 - Langa Aubrey Nxumalo ( Uncle, Bottom Left), Durban beach, Kwa Zulu Natal, year not recorded

009 - Duduzile Audrey Nxumalo (Mother), Emdeni, Soweto, year not recorded

010 - Simphiwe Hlongwane, Duduzile, Nkosenye, Busisiwe and Langa Nxumalo, Emdeni, Soweot. C.1970

011 - Duduzile Audrey Nxumalo (Mother), Emdeni, Soweto, year not recorded

012 - Duduzile Audrey Nxumalo (Mother), Emdeni, Soweto, year not recorded

013 - Duduzile Audrey Nxumalo (Mother), Emdeni, Soweto, year not recorded

014 - Ntsizwa Nxumalo (Uncle Missing since 1990), Emdeni, Soweto, year not recorded

015 - Nkosenye Austine Nxumalo ( Uncle, Left), Zola North, Soweto, year not recorded

016 - Langa Aubrey Nxumalo ( Uncle, 1970 - 2008), Emdeni, Soweto, year not recorded

017 - Langa Aubrey Nxumalo ( Uncle, 1970 - 2008, with friends), Emdeni, Soweto, year not recorded

018 - Nkosenye Austine Nxumalo (Uncle, far right, with friends), Emdeni, Soweto. C 1988

019 - Nkosenye and Langa Nxumalo (Uncles, with friends, Emdeni, Soweto. C.1988

020 - Tee Nxumalo (Aunt), Sangweni, Thembisa, Eastrand, year not recorded

021 - Tee, Gugu, Siphiwe and Bongani (Aunts and Uncle, Sangweni, Thembisa, Eastrand, year not recorded

022 - Nkosenye Austine Nxumalo ( Uncle, Far Right), Emdeni, Soweto, C.1988

023 - Gathering at Buyisiwe Nxumalo’s house (Aunt), snakepark, Dobsonville, Soweto. C.1996

024 - Bongani Manana (Uncle 1966 - 1996), Sangweni, Thembisa, Eastrand, year not recorded

025 - Buyisiwe Judith Nxumalo (Aunt), Emdeni, Soweto, C.1990

026 - Bongani Manana and Tee Nxumalo, Sangweni, Thembisa, Eastrand, year not recorded

027 - Gathering, Gita, Bongani and Mphahlele (Uncles), Sangweni, Thembisa, Eastrand, year not recorded

028 - Gathering, Mko, Gita, Bongani (Uncles) and friends, Sangweni, Thembisa, Eastrand, year not recorded

029 - Gathering, third from far right back row, uncle Nkosenye with friends, Emdeni, Soweto, year not recorded

030 - Gathering, from left standing, uncle Nkosenye with friends, Emdeni, Soweto, C.1988

031 - Langa Aubrey Nxumalo with friends (Uncle Far left seated), Emdeni, Soweto, year not recorded

032 - Langa Aubrey Nxumalo with friends (Uncle in the middle), Emdeni, Soweto, year not recorded

033 - Langa Aubrey Nxumalo and a friend (Uncle mending), Emdeni, Soweto, year not recorded

034 - Buyisiwe Judith Nxumalo (Aunt, second from left), year not recorded

035 - Buyisiwe Judith Nxumalo (Aunt, second from right), year not recorded

036 - Nomasonto Nxumalo, Emdeni, Soweto, 1992

037 - Moeketsi Velaphi Nxumalo (Brother - 1983 - 1994), Emdeni, Soweto. C.1988

038 - Moeketsi Velaphi Nxumalo (Brother - 1983 - 1994), Emdeni, Soweto. C.1988

039 - Musa N. Nxumalo (Me), Emdeni, Soweto. C.1998

040 - Moeketsi Velaphi Nxumalo (Brother - 1983 - 1994), Emdeni, Soweto. C.1988

041 - Nomasonto Gerttrude Nxumalo, Emdeni, Soweto, year not recorded