Untitled 5 - Abantu Bethu; sigxagxa I - 16 Shots; and Amanda Awezitabane! - Abantu Bethu Installation Image

"I wanted to find a tool and a voice that would allow me to contribute to and transform critical and progressive narratives about my country and people. Visual arts and photography, in particular, became the vehicles that have given me the Edge to make it happen."

Rather than defining spaces, such as clubs and protests, as different worlds, Nxumalo chooses to capture the intimate in public movements of young people across collective spaces, often capturing a common spirit and energy.

A raised fist and a strident walk down a catwalk, darkly lit club settings and collective movement to music or at a protest, Nxumalo often navigates spaces of both individual creative expression within dynamic collective gatherings, places of joy, resistance, and sharing space, his work becomes an archive of South African youth culture as it moves.