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News Swaziland » Culture: CULTURE-SWAZILAND: Time Up for Traditional Marijuana Smokers

News channel or source: https://www.ipsnews.net/2001/12/culture-swaziland-time-up-for-traditional-marijuana-smokers/

Published on: Thursday 13 December 2001

MBABANE, Dec 14 2001 (IPS) - The consumption of marijuana is such a well-entrenched part of Swazi culture that the small log enclosure where the headman of a traditional homestead escapes the burdens ...

News Swaziland » Culture: Swaziland’s Cannabis Grandmas Trampled Under Legalization

News channel or source: https://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2022/05/17/swazilands-cannabis-grandmas-smothered-under-legalization/

Published on: Tuesday 17 May 2022

CANNABIS CULTURE – Rural grandmas in Swaziland risk arrest to grow, harvest, and trade cannabis because they have no other means with which to feed the orphans left behind by the raging HIV-Aids ...

News Swaziland » Culture: CULTURE-SWAZILAND: ‘We’re Artists Now, Not Just Souvenir Makers’

News channel or source: https://www.ipsnews.net/2009/02/culture-swaziland-were-artists-now-not-just-souvenir-makers/

Published on: Friday 13 February 2009

MALKERNS, Swaziland , Feb 14 2009 (IPS) - A developing national arts scene requires a developing national arts center, with luck one that is owned and operated by artists themselves. In Swaziland, the ...

News Swaziland » Culture: Swaziland: Swazi culture 101

News channel or source: https://globalvoices.org/2007/10/09/swaziland-swazi-culture-101/

Published on: Tuesday 09 October 2007

A short post on Back to Swaziland blog about Swazi culture: “While we were waiting for lunch to be ready, because you can only take uncooked food for the chief and it is prepared by his family, the ...

News Swaziland » Culture: Swaziland's Reed Dance at Odds with Democratization Process, Women's Rights - 2003-09-12

News channel or source: https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-a-2003-09-12-29-swaziland-s/393979.html

Published on: Friday 30 October 2009

Last week in Swaziland, young women paraded before the king in the annual Reed Dance, wondering if he would choose one of them to be his next wife. But many of the girls did not want to be there. The ...

News Swaziland » Culture: The pot at the end of Swazi rainbow

News channel or source: https://mg.co.za/news/south-africa/2001-12-17-the-pot-at-the-end-of-swazi-rainbow/

Published on: Monday 17 December 2001

THE consumption of marijuana is such a well-entrenched part of Swazi culture that the small log enclosure where the headman of a traditional homestead escapes the burdens of life to enjoy a pipe has ...

News Swaziland » Culture: Swaziland: cultural competency pop quiz

News channel or source: https://globalvoices.org/2007/07/24/swaziland-cultural-competency-pop-quiz/

Published on: Monday 23 July 2007

A Swazi cultural competency pop quiz from Ryan: “Please classify the thirteen pictured foods as (a) ubiquitous in Swaziland, (b) available in Swaziland, but unaffordable by most all Swazis (c) nowhere ...

News Swaziland » Culture: Swaziland plays on its status as only absolute monarchy in Africa

News channel or source: https://eturbonews.com/swaziland-plays-its-status-only-absolute-monarchy-africa/

Published on: Wednesday 11 April 2012

Culture and tradition are big selling points for Swaziland. Culture and tradition are big selling points for Swaziland. Tourists looking for “the real Africa” are encouraged to see the big five wild ...

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