Struggles Of The Heart, Churchill Madikida

Question 1

Subject matter

Answer 1

Suggests a circumcised initiate eating or regurgitating maize porridge.
Huge Amt of white pap forced into his mouth & after a few minutes a reverse process occurs where pap is stretches dout of his mouth

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

Consumption & regurgitation of pap= initiation & circumcision of young males in Xhosa tradition

Question 3

Colour

Answer 3

Madikida face painted white.
Spiritual realm & purity
Boys during initiation whitened bodies

Question 4

Pap symbol

Answer 4

Staple food of many black ppl. Symbolized cultural tradition
Tradition of initiation is force fed into him & how he rejects it

Question 5

Message

Answer 5

Questions identity as a Xhosa man.
Revulsion of some of the public use & consumption of stereotypical images of traditional cultural practices
Dislike to some aspects within practice of these rituals

Question 6

Medium & technique

Answer 6

Video

Question 7

Style

Answer 7

Conceptual