Drum Magazine social history photographs, South Africa edition 273

Transkei Independence – Men riding horses. You would expect people to go wild with excitement, let down their hair when they become free. Strangely, this was not the case when Transkei celebrated its independence. Granted there was pomp and pageantry, liveried horsemen, colourfully dressed tribeswomen and the inevitable chanting of the mbongis, but the whole affair lacked that essential tang. In fact it was less exciting and less eventful than a jazz festival at Orlando Stadium.