The nexus between photography and ukuthakatha is power. In isiZulu, the term ‘ukuthwebula’ has multiple meanings. Among isiZulu speakers, this expression refers to a ritual where umthakathi uses umlingo to take another’s power.
At this point, you may be asking yourself what any of this has to do with photography? Interestingly, isiZulu speakers refer to the process of capturing an image through the camera as ukuthwebula. According to AC Nkabinde’s Isichazamazwi 1, and GR Dent and CLS Nyembezi’s Scholar’s Zulu Dictionary, the camera is understood as “[u]mshini wokuthwebula izithombe”. In this context, umthwebuli comes in the form of a photographer who decides what to capture at any given moment.
One example that comes to mind is how photographer and artist Zanele Muholi insists that people who are photographed are participants, not subjects. Another is Santu Mofokeng’s reflection on how abantu basekasi think through image-making processes as they happen elok’shini. Journal of Contemporary African Art
What is interesting about Mofokeng’s observation is that it demonstrates how abantu basekasi are anything but passive photographic subjects. Moreover, the relationship between seriti or isithunzi and isithombe further emphasises how it is that photography is seen as a ritual that is close to ukuthakatha.
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