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Learners treated to drumming, art and a walk through of Langa’s iconic history

Community leader Alfred Magwaca says more Langa Centenary celebration events have been planned for the coming weeks

Learners from SACS high school enjoying a drumming lesson by the Olwethu Uthando Drumming and Marimba trio who are musicians from Langa during a Centenary event for different schools at Guga’Sthebe Arts and Cultural Centre last week.

Learners from different backgrounds joined Langa artists and residents to celebrate the community’s centenary during a three-day arts event at the Guga’Sthebe Arts and Cultural Centre last week.

The event was organised by community leader Alfred Magwaca and the Western Cape Archives. “Langa is turning 100. Langa has a historical, cultural, and socio-economic significance as the first planned black township in the Western Cape,” he said.

Langa Centenary celebrations first kick off on 27 April, with a 10km Freedom Rush around the township. Since then, several cultural and sports events acquire been held around the community to impress its celebrations. Mgwaca told GroundUp that the public should inspect out for more heritage and music events to arrive. One of them will be an awards ceremony to honour legends who grew up in Langa.

 

Community leader Alfred Magwaca showed learners the vibrant and colourful art displayed around Guga’Sthebe. Here he is pointing to the collaborative mosaic at the front of the colourful building created by a group of local artists.

“We will also believe a legacy project to encourage kids to learn our history about our schools, churches, sports and arts. We will inquire learners who study history at schools to interview elderly people from Langa about how they lived in the past. These interviews will then form fraction of our archives and historical records,” he said.

Bulelwa Gqokoma of the Western Cape Archives, addressing a group of learners from Khulani High School, said: “We acquire records of what was called the Cape Colony. The learners must arrive to us to access Langa’s historical records. We will clarify what information they can secure from our archives and records.”

Learners from SACS high school also enjoyed a drumming lesson by the Olwethu Uthando Drumming and Marimba trio who are musicians from the area. Xolani Maphila, a member of the group, said: “We want people coming here for the centenary to beat our drums and listen to us while we sing. There is a lot of negative perceptions about townships. People near here and query us about unemployment and other social ills. We want to display them the positive and that we often enact things for themselves.”

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