There are many superlatives one could use when talking about Zana Masombuka (aka Ndebele Superhero). The conversation moved in every direction in the best possible way, flowing between her evolving artistic practice and the stories and landscapes that continue to shape her. Growing up in Siyabuswa, KwaNdebele, surrounded by Ndebele traditions, and later moving to the city as a teenager had a profound impact on her. She moved from a place where culture was deeply woven into everyday life to one where many people were turning away from it. Her work often returns to questions of memory, identity, and the threads that connect people to where they come from. For Zana, nature is not simply scenery but part of an ongoing conversation. She spoke about hiking in the mountains — how the body initially resists before eventually falling into rhythm with the landscape — and how this is often when ideas emerge. Making art for her is not only technical but deeply spiritual. Visions come through dreams, and she often feels she is carrying stories that extend beyond her own lineage. She also described the indigenous garden she and her sister planted in the city. Although many believed it would never grow, it flourished and became a communal space where people gathered to harvest and reconnect with older ways of living. Everyone was welcome to take what they needed, provided they first asked permission from nature. In many ways, the garden reflects how she approaches her work: tending carefully, listening deeply, and remaining open and accessible. Zana also spoke candidly about why some Ndebele communities distanced themselves from their identity, pointing to histories of colonial violence, prolonged conflict, forced labour, and exclusion from the mainstream. Her work quietly resists this erasure. Speaking with Zana felt like moving between worlds — ancestral and contemporary, beaded and digital, ordinary and dreamlike — and she has a remarkable ability to make expansive ideas feel intimate and lived.