Amajongo

This is an image of Amajongo during a photo shoot.

These are Amajongo and they’re a part of the subculture created by Zulu men. This is a culture of dressing up in similar clothes and emphasising being clean and also smelling good. Being Ijongo is a lifestyle which involves clothes, cars, guns, houses and livestock, and you are easily recognised by the way you dress up that you are part of the culture. Everyone can be part of this culture but it is often said that “kuyabiza ukuba ijongo” which means it’s expensive to be a Jongo and this is because of the lifestyle.