NAME: SANDILE

MAJOLA
COURSE NAME: AFl
1501
ASSIGNMENT NO:
682170
DUE DATE: 19 MARCH
2018
STUDENT NO:
62159267
Declaration : I used
my own information
towards this
assignment and I
agree if any
information on my
assignment is from
another source I
should be penalized.
Headings Page number
Introduction 6
1)Is image 6
reflected in
the mirror the
true me, or is
it but a one
dimensional
image
2)What is the 6-7
deeper image
you see of
yourself in the
mirror?
3)In which way 7
does the
mirror reflect
your feelings,
intelligence,
race, culture,
whether you
are does
successful or
not, etc?
4)In which way
does the
image you see
agree with the
image other
people see
when they
look at you?
5)Do most
people see
more of you or
less of you in
real life than a
mere mirror
image? What
causes them to
see more than
a mere image?
6)How do the
images of
other people
impact on how
they look at
you and how
does your
image impact
on how you
look at other
people?
7)How does
your cultural
and linguistic
background
impact on your
identity , with
special
reference to
your identity
within a post
1994 South
Africa?
INTRODUCTION
This assignment will be about a reflection in the mirror of myself on what I actually see in
the mirror, what is the deeper image I see of myself (culture/roots). I will be even
explaining what is the deeper image I see of myself in the mirror. I will be also disc2l4ussing
ways that the mirror reflects my feelings, intelligence and etc. I will be explaining the image I
see in the mirror agrees with the image other people see when they look at me, that do
more people see more of me or less in real life in terms of my true character and roots.

BODY

Is image reflected in the mirror the true

me, or is it but a one dimensional image
(like photograph)
 I would say its just an image like a photograph. I’m saying this because what I see
in the mirror is way different from what other people see, for example when I look
in the mirror, I’m a Xhosa boy who wants to learn more from his culture, but
people see a Sesotho speaking boy who is confused of his roots. To tell the truth
the environment I previously lived in changed the way of my roots. I sometimes
wonder who I am, like who is Sandile Majola , do I really belong to the
“amaphondomise” clan or I have been lying to myself all along because of my
vocabulary of Sesotho being more fluent then my grand parents mother tongue
(isiZulu/isiXhosa). I would say before I learn more on my roots, the only thing I just
see in the mirror is a photograph of a confused face that doesn’t know his roots
and that’s willing to learn from his culture.

What is the deeper is the image I see of

myself in the mirror?
The deeper image I see of myself in the mirror is that I’m Xhosa, even though I’m not
fluent but I still am For example there are a lot of people who are facing such situations in
everyday life and being confused on who they are. I believe I’m Xhosa because in my clan
(Amaphondomise) every time a child is born a big brown snake visits the families house
and its still a mystery what the snake actually does on its arrival. It happened to me as
well, so that’s why I believe what I see deeply in the mirror.

In which way does the mirror reflect your

feelings, intelligence, race, culture,
whether you are successful or not, etc.?
The mirror reflects the feeling of confusion. Once I tell my lads that I’m Xhosa, they laugh
and it often makes me upset but then again I’m fluent with another language so that
doesn’t even give me the confidence to even explain myself to my lads. I don’t display
who I am, the mirror reflects a happy image of myself. I see this happy image who is
intelligent because of how I think about myself the plans I have for the future reflects my
intelligence itself my intelligent image becoming successful in the future because of how I
foresee my future self in the mirror.

In which way does the image you see

agree with the image other people see
when they look at you?
It does agree on some people who actually grew up or raised me because they know who I
am and where my family comes from but a person who met me recently would figure
other wise because I can speak a language depending on how I have been approached by
a person and when I have been asked who I am and I say “Sandile” they become surprised
because of the way I adjust my voice. What I really get a lot is being Zulu, I usually don’t
argue because its my grand mothers mother tongue. There is a saying that Xhosa speaking
people are stubborn, always want everything their way and I have that in me. I find it
difficult to understand something when it goes in a different way for example when I’m
with friends and having arguments on things like political situations, sports or etc. I will
always find myself on top of an argument, I would most of the time win and my friends
would say “ no one will argue that you are Xhosa because every Xhosa speaking person is
as stubborn as you” an we would often laugh it out. The other thing is being talkative,
Xhosa people are known for having long conversations so people would pick that up from
me too.
Do most people see more of you or less
of you in real life than a mere mirror
image? What causes them to see more
than a mere image?

Most people especially the ones very close to me see less of me than in real life because
they are not able to see the inner me, they are only able to see what I allow them to see ,
but with myself I know and see more then they see, because most people don’t know who
I am and where I am coming from. They don’t know what I think and feel.
Before I look at the mirror I have an imaginary image of myself that is totally different
from what other people see then when I look at the mirror I see a different me, that’s the
image I imagined of myself. I’m the great grandson of the amaphondomise clan I think and
feel like an impondomise but I think when I look at myself I’m not the impondomise that I
always imagine I feel like I’m the reincarnation of my great grand father Ngemtu Majola
because I see in myself all the characteristics that I’ve been told about him and that makes
me a proud grandson of my clan.

How does your cultural and linguistic

background impact on your identity, with
special reference to your identity within
a post 1994 South Africa?
Before 1994 my grandparents moved to the urban areas for a better state of living, their
homelands to the Vaal as my grandfather found a job at vanderbijl park with their
children from the eastern cape because they learnt that Gauteng at that time had a lot of
job opportunities and my grandfather was keen to make money so his family can survive.
Of course they moved to an area that was filled with Sesotho speaking people, their
vocabulary began to change as time went on and now as their grandchildren we became
fluent in another language although we can understand isiXhosa. The whites divided them
into ethnic groups. There was a section for Zulu, Sesotho and Xhosa people. the people
used to discriminate against each other. There was no respect for other people’s cultures
especially the Venda and Xitsonga speaking people where treated very unfairly. That’s
how it was but post 1994 things changed everybody respected the culture of others as it
stated in the constitution everybody became proud of who they are despite their
languages, religion and culture. During those years you couldn’t practice your culture
freely. Rather most people wished they were somebody else but not themselves. My
example for this whole thing was, my grandfather found a house in the “ba sotho” section
since the Xhosa section was full. In order to fit in ,my family had to adapt and learn the
language fluently.