Ulwaluko is the right of passage for young boys in the IsiXhosa tradition. The changes that young boys overcome into being a man are tested on their way back from the bushes, where they will have to adapt to new values, He will have to hustle and gain independence now raising a family.
Young and old migrate from the rural lands to the urban in search of greener pastures, Langa in the image is the oldest townships in the cape flats; it gave rise to all the townships in the central area of the cape with people flocking in from all parts of the Eastern Cape and Kwazulu Natal.