Sculptor Mudzunga lives in fear
VENDA sculptor Samson Mudzunga is living in fear after a headman allegedly spread rumours that he is a witch.
DANGEROUS RUMOURS: Samson Mudzunga.
This is very serious because I could get killed
Mudzunga's performance includes burying himself in an open grave. The grave contains a "spirit" drum
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Mudzunga, also a performance visual artist, said he was afraid he might be killed because of the rumours. He said the problem started years ago when he hosted a performance exhibition called Dzingoma, of which the headman did not approve.
Mudzunga made these startling allegations to Sowetan yesterday.
"The headman has been giving me problems for years, whenever I have an exhibition. Recently he spread malicious rumours that I practise witchcraft. This is very serious because I could get killed. People have started treating me differently."
Mudzunga said the rumours were denting his image as an international artist.
"I am no longer getting art customers like I used to. This is beginning to make my life difficult," he said.
Headman Neckson Shavhani denied that he ever called Mudzunga a witch.
"There is absolutely no truth whatsoever in these claims. These rumours are being spread by Mudzunga himself," Shavhani said.
The headman said he has asked for a meeting with Mudzunga, to be chaired by Chief Thovhele Tshivhase.
"I want to resolve this issue because it is not healthy for either of us," Shavhani said.
Tshivhase has confirmed that he had received an e-mail from Mudzunga's lawyers.
"I've received an e-mail and I am going to have a meeting with them."
Last year Mudzunga told the Sowetan that Shavhani was jealous of him because of the number of people he attracts to his performances.
Mudzunga said that his exhibitions usually attracted international art lovers from as far as Europe.
His performance includes burying himself in an open grave. The grave contains a "spirit" drum.
Mudzunga climbs into the drum pretending to be dead.
After a while, the performer comes out dressed in a different outfit.
After the burial, Mudzunga drinks sacred water that has been taken from a natural lake in Venda called Lake Fududzi.
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clivage
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DEAD DEAD DEAD............
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MORNACHIES
His performance includes burying himself in an open grave. The grave contains a "spirit" drum.Mudzunga climbs into the drum pretending to be dead.
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Hahahaha yes you are a witch ...yrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr how do u do all this ?
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DjEp
Morena ur from Venda, a place where rocks keep jumping up and down, where Nethathe keeps coming with a head of a lion, where Nandoni keeps swallowing people every week,where there is a hole in a mountain and no one knows where it leads, etc, etc. having said this i believe uMOLOI periodReport Abuse
Phuphethakatha
@DjEp...........Just curious man, what's a Nethathe & a Nandoni ?
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Nwanawamukalaha
"There is absolutely no truth whatsoever in these claims. These rumours are being spread by Mudzunga himself," Shavhani said.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
How one spread a bad romour about him/herself? Headman Neckson Shavhani is just jeolous not traditionally oriented.
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rasefatee
corruption,whitches,rapes,killings,accidents,nepotism,floods,hot weather,political factions,hit squads all in limpopo please morena boloka setshaba sagesu o fedishe dintwa le matshwenyego ose boloke o seboloke true look the man on picture you only see a witch with a horn but he complainReport Abuse
Nwanawamukalaha
His performance includes burying himself in an open grave. The grave contains a "spirit" drum.Mudzunga climbs into the drum pretending to be dead.
After a while, the performer comes out dressed in a different outfit
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With practice, be it traditional or western, anything is possible. If the public believes without doubt that a white boy can bend a spoon and tell what someone is thinking by mere looking at that person and label what mr Mudzunga does as witchcraft, GO TO THE NEAREST HELL and enjoy being held captive by the western beliefs.
Every African tribe has its own beliefs and practices, and the fact that most of them are invisible to less-priviledged doesn't mean it's witchcraft. It's the same as the formalised "MAGIC" stunts perfomed by whites.
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Pipinyana-Malema
@All bloggers, have you guys ever been to a circus???? If you have been to a circus, when you came out of a circus did you call anyone a witch???? Bloody agents.... When it is westernised it is all right, but when it is African, it is bad and got witch craft.Report Abuse