Two of the closest friends I made on my journey through South Africa. Fellow photography student, Gift (left) and Sanele, (right), who is a fashion student. I met and interacted with them in KwaZulu-Natal through a creative agency. From there on, Gift joined me for nearly half of my trip, all the way back up the Wild Coast to Cape Town. South Africa is well known within Africa for its periods of xenophobia, what was striking to me about this interaction was learning that Gift was actually of Malawian descent, but raised in KwaZulu-Natal and beloved by his community. This challenged the notion I had of ancestral exclusivity as it related to the various regions of rural South Africa. 

More Than Friends

More Than Friends by artist Aidan Murgatroyd on Seed.photo NFT marketplace, Unique Aesthetic_Photography photography. Two of the closest friends I made on my jo