Black People and the Five Pillars: A Beginners Level

by Msizi Moshoetsi

Overview

From the beginning of time, Black people were given a certain way of life by the God of our ancestors. This way of life was passed on to our past ancestors for the benefit of future generations. This way of life, through a period of time, came to be known as isiko (isintu; culture), which was embodied in their lifestyle, traditions, rituals, and customs. These rituals are supposed to be practiced by families within their land. So from inception, God, the ancestors, man, culture, nature, and land were intertwined. These entities should always be in harmony with one another, and any imbalance in this relationship creates a spiritual disalignment and problems begin.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781482825626
Publisher:	Partridge Publishing Africa
Publication date:	02/05/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	226
File size:	254 KB

About the Author

A former freelance journalist and editor of magazines like Kitso and Golf Rennaisance, Msizi Moshoetsi is a poet, researcher, translator, subtitler, social commentator, filmmaker and scriptwriter who holds a B Iuris degree from the University of the North. He first trained as a scriptwriter with the then South African Scriptwriters Union. He went on to train with Sediba funded by the SABC and did an advanced course in scriptwriting with The Creative Industry sponsored by the Irish Embassy. He studied filmmaking at Monash University, Film and TV Unit and at Big Fish where he majored in scriptwriting and directing.  In 2008, he had his first film Amazing Grace commissioned by the SABC. In 2009, he wrote and directed his second film “A Travelling Salesman-The Story of Sello K Duiker”, also commissioned by the SABC. He wrote a feature film Jezebel broadcast by Mzansi Magic in 2012. He has worked for various television programmes and documentaries over the last ten years. He is the scriptwriter for the factual reality show Khumbul’ekhaya on SABC1. A storyteller, he runs The Book of Barolong, a photographic, production and publishing studio aimed at encouraging people to tell their family histories and their personal stories by publishing their own books. He facilitates Isigungu, a forum which runs mentoring workshops for men. Passionate about African forms of spirituality and culture, he is the founder of Inqolobane Yethu (Our National Storehouse) aimed at researching and preserving a wealth of African indigenous knowledge systems. He is also a disciple at The Temple of Wisdom for Inner Studies.