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Nguni cattle

There is not much literature about the African Nguni cattle. But there is this book “The Abundant Herds – a celebration to the Nguni cattle of the Zulu people” that’s worthwhile to read and is well...

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Vintage style Nguni

(Imaginary) Nguni is the collective noun for African cattle. True free rangers with a human eye (well … at least this one has ;) ) Filed under: Africa, art, fotografia, fotografie, imaginary,...

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Mud River Sunrise

Early morning sunrise at ‘Modder Rivier’ (Mud River) in the Papiesvlei area just outside our village. Honestly I was 10 minutes or so too late to shoot the images I was aiming for. How a little traffic...

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Forked Tail Drongo.

Drongos eat the insects that the cattle expose when they graze the grass. This tame one was ‘shot’ at an organic cattle farm in Baardskeerdersbos.

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Jerseys

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Nguni portraiture

More about Nguni cattle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguni_cattle

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The almost white Nguni calf of Napier, South Africa.

In Zulu culture ‘White is the colour of the ancestors, diviners and protection against lightning. As a result of this significance any white calf born in the byre of a commoner was automatically given...

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The Nguni herd of Napier, South Africa.

“The Nguni is a cattle breed indigenous to Southern Africa. A hybrid of different Indian and later European cattle breeds, they were introduced by Bantu-speaking tribes (Nguni people) to Southern...

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Synergy on the farm 107

cattle and sacred ibis

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Synergy on the farm (127)

cattle, sacred ibis and blue cranes

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