Henry Naki with his recycled plastic pink pig products - Born in Queenstown, Eastern Cape
Henry Naki with his recycled plastic pink pig products - Born in Queenstown, Eastern Cape he is in the process of buildinf himself a brick house. He normally stands at the corners of the main road in Somerset Wes Marcus Garvey is a community of about 600 families situated about 45 km from Cape Town on the boarders of Philippi east , and Mitchells-plain alongside the railway lines running between Philippi and Khayelitsha. The community consist mostly of middle aged and elderly rastafarians. About 120 RDP houses have been built for them by the government, there is a community hall , a tabernacle and a community preschool built by the community. The community generates its own income through income generating projects using owns skills such as sewing, craft work, reggae music and gardening. They have a community based factory producing hem material production. A few years ago during the early 90’s, sons and daughters of immigrant hostel dwellers, back yard dwellers from the Cape Town black townships gathered to follow Rastafarian culture and tradition. Many of the interested youth organised weekend gigs teaching the culture and traditions. Prominent rastafarians from within SA were invited to join these gatherings to share information. Rastafarism grew rapidly amongst some the youth. To strengthen rastafarism lifestyles they had to leave their luxurious homes (Babilon) and had to live in the jungle. This was a voluntary call made to all those who were interested. To many of the interested youth this was the end as many were still under the control of their parents. A group of about 20 youth disappeared from their home and settled in and un-developed, untouched bush area at the borders of the Mitchells-plain community. They collected wood, plastic and corrugated iron sheets and started putting up their own houses. They cleared a pierce of land and started cultivating it to produce vegetables. They intensified teaching on the culture and behaviors.
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Location: Marcus Garvey Ras Tafarian Township , Cape Town , South Africa
Photo credit: © Steve Morgan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: garvey, marcus, pig, pink, plastic, products, recycled, selling, street, township, trader
