{"product_id":"clout-sa-test-pattern","title":"Clout SA Test Pattern","description":"\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf01\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eamaNdebele: Iimfihlo Zethu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf01\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eEnglish Translation: The Ndebele - Our secrets\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf11\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eThis pattern pays homage to amaNdebele (i.e. The Ndebele people). The words 'iimfihlo zethu', translated into English, mean 'our secrets’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"pf0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cf11\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eFollowing their defeat in the 1883 war against the Boers (Dutch-speaking settlers), the Ndebele wall painting emerged as a powerful form of cultural resistance and secret communication. Forced into oppressive life and dispersed as indentured laborers, Ndebele women used their murals as a covert way to preserve and express their identity, values, and ongoing resilience. Using symbols as a form of communication, which were not able to be interpreted by the Boer, meant the Ndebele women's visual expressions were their own secret language. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clout\/SA","offers":[{"title":"Chair Back","offer_id":53941457060124,"sku":null,"price":220.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Surface Area","offer_id":53941457092892,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8109\/5196\/files\/ANIZ-AmaNdebeleIimfihloZethu_EmotionalHues_Surfacelayout_byPrimroseC.jpg?v=1764671863","url":"https:\/\/cloutsa.com\/products\/clout-sa-test-pattern","provider":"Portal To Africa Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}