Tote Handbag ‘Ndebele’ Diesel Brown Leather

Description

NAVA Apparel’s ‘Ndebele’ Tote Handbag in diesel brown leather has a multicolour tribal design cotton weave on the front. The interior of the handbag is lined with an original South African Shweshwe fabric for strength and style. The handbag has a durable nylon zip at the top which can be closed to secure all your personal belongings with another zip pocket inside for smaller items. All NAVA Apparel bags are handmade by highly skilled, local South African craftswomen, to whom we pay fair trade wages.

‘Ndebele’ is a Bantu nation and ethnic group in Southern Africa, who share a common Ndebele culture and Ndebele language. The Northern Ndebele were historically referred to as the Matabele which was a European corruption of ‘Ndebele’. Their history began when a Zulu chiefdom split from King Shaka in the early 18th century under the leadership of Mzilikazi, a former chief in his kingdom and ally. Under his command the disgruntled Zulus went on to conquer and rule the chiefdoms of the Southern Ndebele. This was where the name and identity of the eventual kingdom was adopted.