The title Isivumelwano comes from Nguni languages (including Xhosa, Zulu, Ndebele and Swati) spoken in several South African countries. The word stands for a contract, agreement or covenant, and here is synonymous with the marriage ceremonies of Black communities recorded in southern Africa. In a series of 70+ images, the viewer is invited to participate in almost as many ceremonies, very diverse in nature. Lovingly captured couples who deviate from the heteronormative standard, local populations and cultural customs defy traditional notions of the white wedding. The project exposes the systems we find ourselves in (and resist). The critical note is not immediately apparent in the images; the cruelty of unjust history is hidden behind a ceremonial veil. In the foreground is deliberately the antagonist of hatred and violence: love. The images become more than just a documentation of these rituals: they show that love is the key that takes cultures from oppression to joy. As a political unifier, the contract - love - takes on a liberating force.