The Mapungubwe: Echoes in the Valley trilogy comes to SABC 3 on Sunday 9 July at 9:30pm.
Mapungubwe: Echoes in the Valley paints a radical history of the great kingdom of Mapungubwe with influential African men and women whose stories could not be contained in history books. Through orature and totemic incantations, their histories were passed down from one generation to another. Filmmaker, Mandla Dube’s candid conversations with the descendants of Mapungubwe give insight into a world that has been made obscure through colonial historiography. It is through these conversations that ‘Mapungubwean’ kingships and customs are thoroughly unpacked.