Cultural Regional Exchange and Learning Programs


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We promote regional cultural exchange programs for individuals to participate and experience traditional African ceremonies and rights of passage every year.

There are currently trips only to Swaziland.

  1. Umhlanga Ceremony (in September every year). For more information on the ceremony, click here.
  2. Incwala Ceremony (for Men); For more information please click here.

The main goals of the program are to:

  • Demystify the cultural meaning and relevance of these events. Many people see these events as barbaric or backwards, without understanding the historic and meaningful relevance of these events
  • We see these events and rights of passage as important platforms for promoting change e.g. HIV/AIDS prevention communication messages
  • To expose the beauty of our culture

Cultural Statistics

  • One language disappears on average every two weeks
  • 80% of the African languages have no orthography
  • Over 50% of some 6700 languages spoken today are in danger of disappearing
  • 96% of the world’s languages are spoken by 4% of the world’s population

Source: UNESCO

For more information, and are if you are interested in participating in the 2008 Historic Umhlanga or Incwala Ceremony, please contact us to book your package early.