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Vox Pop: Students share their opinions about Inxeba (The Wound)
VICTORY PARK – Students give their opinions about the controversial film, Inxeba (The Wound).
The release of Inxeba (The Wound) in South Africa has caused mixed reactions and in some instances, outrage, especially in the Eastern Cape where the film has largely not been screened due to a public outcry.
Northcliff Melville Times spoke to community members and asked them what they thought of the film and whether or not it should be banned.
It’s about time we get to know what happens so that people who go there can make an informed decision. We don’t want more people dying.
If these circumcision schools are made public, it will be safer. We live in a diverse land and we need to honour everyone’s culture and publicising it will help.
I’m a typical African and it’s un-African to publicise our traditions. Our ancestors have been doing these things for a long time and now they are trying to Westernise our African culture, so for me, the movie must be banned. Look, it can be publicised but not to a large extent.
It shouldn’t be banned. Going to the mountain is our background as Africans. The next generation needs to know where we come from and this is a way to preserve that.
It shouldn’t be banned, it’s time people know what happens. It’s exposing Xhosa culture – it’s not a secret. I’m one of the people who went [to get circumcised] and one of the lucky ones that came out fine.
People can express themselves so it shouldn’t really be banned. We also need to learn from other people and learn about their cultures.
We live in a diverse country with different cultures. Circumcision is a sacred ritual that comes across as controversial but I think it could be [better understood] if more information was shared about it.
The movie shouldn’t be banned. It was based on a true story. Some of us want to know what happens. I feel sometimes women are harassed by Xhosa men because of this thing going around about how after going to the mountain, they can only cleanse themselves by sleeping with a woman. I want to know what that’s about. I also want to understand the relationship between homosexuality and culture within that context.
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