Wednesday, March 17, 2021

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The Essence of The Pilgrimage of Incwala - by Rodney Tingo-Kanyama

  • Wednesday, March 17, 2021
  • Samuel Albert
  •  THE ESSENCE OF THE PILGRIMAGE OF INCWALAA perspective from a Nguni of Gomani Ngcamane MasekoBy Rodney Sigidi Tingo-Kanyama Nzunga, Blantyre, Malawi.Submitted on March 2, 2021INTRODUCTIONIt is five years since the passing of uZwangendaba Mbelwa IV, King of Ncwangeni Jele Nguni of parts of northern and central Malawi. In addition, it is twelve years since the passing of Kanjedza Gomani IV, King of Ngcamane Maseko Nguni of...
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    Friday, August 9, 2019

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    The Abenguni (AbaNgoni of Nyasaland)

  • Friday, August 9, 2019
  • Samuel Albert
  • Source: South-Eastern Bantu, AbeNguni, AbaMbo, AmaLala The Genealogy of their Chiefs. Lunyanda Magangati 1. Mlotshwa 2. Mafu Mbekwane 1. Zwangendaba 2. Ntabeni 3. Mgayi Mbelwa (Mombela) 2 Mpezeni (first born, not heir), 3.Mthwalo, 4. Mphelembe 5 Maulawu (Sons of Zwangendaba) The AbeNguni of Nyasaland migrated...
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    Thursday, August 8, 2019

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    Last Battle of the AmaNdwandwe with the Help of Zwangendaba's Ngoni

  • Thursday, August 8, 2019
  • Samuel Albert
  • Source : The South-Eastern Bantu, Abe-Nguni, Aba-mbo, Ama-Lala by John Henderson soga Dingiswayo, for whom Tshaka professed great affection, was killed in a war with the AmaNdwandwe of Zwide. This tribe had often fought with Tshaka and had frequently beaten him. It was the most powerful of all the tribes that refused to become tributary to the ImiThethwa.  Tshaka, the unconquerable, had in the death of his chief found...
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    Wednesday, August 7, 2019

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    Shaka Zulu's Cruelty and His Demise

  • Wednesday, August 7, 2019
  • Samuel Albert
  • Source : The South-Eastern Bantu, Abe-Nguni, Aba-mbo, Ama-Lala by John Henderson soga Perhaps the wars in which Tshaka engaged as supreme chief of the Imithethwa and AmaZulu reveal the best side of the man, or at least do not display conspicuously the evil that was in him. His warrior and their leaders by their excesses...
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    Monday, May 6, 2019

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    Livingstonia Mission Meeting With Ngoni Headmen 1890s

  • Monday, May 6, 2019
  • Samuel Albert
  • Among the Wild Ngoni Chapter VI. Meeting with the Head-men  A WEEK after our visit to Mombera a messenger arrived to say, that next day we were requested to come and repeat our words to the head-men of the tribe. We had heard various rumours in the interval, which had caused us no little anxiety as to what would...
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    Sunday, November 15, 2015

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    IZITHAKAZELO OF NGUNI CLANS

  • Sunday, November 15, 2015
  • Samuel Albert
  • Below are some izithakazelo (Kinship group praises)  for some nguni or ngoni clans collected from the web. As you may notice some are in Zulu, Xhosa and other nguni languages. You can use http://www.isizulu.net to get the meaning of the words. This site has an online zulu dictionary that you may also use to translate the ngoni songs found on this site. Remember that isiZulu, isiNgoni, isiXhosa, siSwati and isindebele are...
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