“Young Naledi wants to trade her bantu knots for Nonhle Thema’s hair on the Dark and Lovely box. She wishes she looked more like her lightskinned mother too. Ledi grows up in Pimville with her strict grandmother Mama Norah. During the day, she lives vicariously through the characters in Ndende Street and at night, she recites her bible verses with Mama. While her mother, Dineo, leads a life of glamour, chasing the blesser lifestyle.
Mama and Dineo have opposing views on everything and Ledi often finds herself in the middle of their conflict. When she starts university, she has to find a way to reconcile traditions and modernity. Bantu Knots explores the complicated motherdaughter relationship and trying to come together to understand each other. We follow Ledi as she forgives a father who denies her; navigates the pressures of her circumstances, womanhood and beauty ideals—and pursues her dreams in spite of it all.” Kwela
Lebohang Mazibuko’s initiation into storytelling has already started in 2003, in Grade 8, when she chose to specialise in drama at the National School of the Arts. She describes herself as a ‘student of the world of storytelling’ and hopes to grow from telling stories on stage to writing literature. Thanks to her background and having obtained her B Tech degree in the Dramatic Arts at the Tshwane University of Technology, Lebo could immerse herself in the performing arts through poetry performances, theatre plays, short films and television. She is also currently working as an acting coach.
