IN PICTURES: Long walk for freedom - activists advocate the rights of indigenous people

03 April 2017 - 12:57 By The Times
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MORNING ROAST: /Ae /Uib Khomkhoeb Klintin Whitehead burns a bundle of impepho in a prayer ceremony in Pearston, Eastern Cape. Before the team departed each morning, the walkers held a ceremony where they sang in Nama and said a prayer for a safe journey.
MORNING ROAST: /Ae /Uib Khomkhoeb Klintin Whitehead burns a bundle of impepho in a prayer ceremony in Pearston, Eastern Cape. Before the team departed each morning, the walkers held a ceremony where they sang in Nama and said a prayer for a safe journey.
Image: Jane Berg

The annual Indigenous Liberation Walk recently completed its journey for the fifth year.

The walk covered 1000km, from Fort Beaufort on February 18 to the Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, on March 1.

Activists undertake the pilgrimage to advocate the rights of indigenous people and to connect with the culture and spirituality of their ancestors. Jane Berg took the pictures.

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