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Mzwakhe Mbuli

Biography

… Mzwakhe Mbuli, the “People’s Poet,” was born into a poor Zulu  family in Sophiatown  on 1 August 1959.  His parents were Roselinah Msuthukazi Mbuli, a Xhosa  woman, and Elijah Katali, a Zulu man who was employed as a long-distance driver. In 1966, the town was bulldozed and Mbuli’s family, which included seven … to long mbube sessions conducted by workers.  He also attended local and school based theatre groups in addition to other Zulu dance and music events throughout his youth. The Soweto Uprising  occurred on 16 June 1976 and was a very formative …

John Langalibalele Dube

Biography

… John Langalibalele Dube was born at Inanda Mission station of the American Zulu Mission (AZM) in Natal on 22 February 1871 to James and Elizabeth Dube. ‘Langalibalele’, his middle name, means ‘bright … Hleziphi, Africa (the first-born son), William and Thupana.  Rev James Dube (who died in 1877) was also one of the minor Zulu chiefs of the AmaQadi tribe and one of the first ministers ordained by the AZM. Thus, John Dube was born of royal … aimed at advancing the rights of Black people when he returned to South Africa. In August 1900 he established the Zulu Christian Industrial Institute which was renamed the Ohlange Institute in 1901. The institute functioned as a school …

Zululand District Municipality

Place

… Known as the Kingdom of the Zulu, KwaZulu-Natal is a melting pot of African, European and Indian cultures. Known as the Kingdom of the Zulu! This province boasts two World Heritage Sites – the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park and the Maloti Drakensberg Park. In the 1840's, it became known as the British Colony of Natal, though Zululand (KwaZulu in Zulu) remained independent until 1879. It is called the garden province and is the home of the Zulu nation.  The Portuguese …

King Mzilikazi

Biography

… Africa). The son of Matshobana whom many had considered to be the greatest Southern African military leader after the Zulu king Shaka. In his autobiography, David Livingstone referred to him as the second most impressive leader he encountered … Mzilikazi swore allegiance to Shaka, who had risen to power as a commander of Dingiswayo's army and had usurped the Zulu chieftainship and taken over the Mthethwa confederacy after Dingiswayo’s death. Proving himself a fearless warrior, … his possessions increasing with his power and prestige, and his followers numbering, in due course, more Sotho youths than Zulu. Having cleared for himself a wide area, in about 1822-23 Mzilikazi temporarily joined forces with Nxaba, a chieftain of …

John Langalibalele Dube Timeline 1940-1950

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… Mission Station in Inanda. 1871 22 February, John Langalibalele Dube is born at the Inanda Mission station of the American Zulu Mission (AZM), in Natal to Rev James Dube and his wife Elizabeth. 1877 Rev James Dube, the father of John Dube dies … of educating his people.'  Dube calls a conference of Christian Black workers to discuss his educational project. Zulu chief, Mqawe, Dube's uncle agrees to give Dube 500 acres of land at Incwadi, Natal, to serve as the location of the … establishes links with other Africans. July, The Natal Native Congress is formed and Dube is founder member. 8 August, The Zulu Christian Industrial School is opened at Ohlange during an annual meeting of the African Congregation churches at the …

Nelson Mandela Timeline 1800-1899

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… fringes of the Tsitsikama forest and in 1778 drove them back from the Gamtoos River to the Fish River. The emergence of Zulu King Tshaka , his conquest of large parts of Natal, and the consequent expansion of the Zulu kingdom lead to enormous upheaval in the region and the displacement of entire communities. Many fled across the … the Orange Free State and the Transvaal before their expansion was halted in the late nineteenth century by the powerful Zulu Kingdom. 1835 British commander Harry Smith crosses the Kei River with a large force, marking the beginning of a …

James Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo

Biography

… this into their son who remained a staunch Christian throughout his life. This echoed in his compositions, along with his Zulu tradition as nearly all of his music was in isiZulu. Shortly after his birth, Prof Khumalo’s parents were ordained in … include the internationally acclaimed musical epic, uShaka kaSenzangakhona (1981/1996), which depicts the life of the Zulu king; and the first Zulu opera, Princess Magogo kaDinuzulu (2002), which was praised for shining a spotlight on the work of the Zulu princess who …

Alfred Assegai (Mkhonto) Kumalo

Biography

… Though forbidden by his parents to play with the local boys, Kumalo secretly did and so came into contact with traditional Zulu song, dance and dress. Kumalo received his first schooling at home from his mother, and then at school at Edendale. In … worked as a clerk with the Pietermaritzburg Municipality Native Affairs Department; as a dairyman; and as an instructor in Zulu to the Borough Police””a position he retained until 1910. In 1906 he joined the Natal Native Horse Regiment which took … Choir which performed in the Durban City Hall and, in 1908, in the Pietermaritzburg City Hall. In 1923 he formed the Zulu Male-voice Party in Durban which remained active until he left in 1952. He also led the close harmony group Kings of …

Harriet Ngubane

Biography

… Ngubane was particularly fascinated with the centrality of the female figure, Nomkhubulwane, the goddess of fertility in Zulu cosmology. She believed that Nomkhubulwane's name was undoubtedly female, based on the female linguistic indicator “No” … author of many books, reports and papers,  Ngubane’s notable books include Urban Bantu Housing (1960), Body and Mind in Zulu Medicine (1977) and Zulus of Southern Africa (1986). She has also been a member of the Executive Council of the International African Institute. Ngubane's book on “pollution”, Body and Mind in Zulu Medicine, remains a seminal work in studies that seek to understand the meeting points of bodily, psychological and …

Dundee

Place

… 2 separate interpretive centres, each dealing with 1 side of the story of events leading up to the famous battle between Zulu impis and the Boer Voortrekkers. The most interesting feature of the Blood River Heritage site is; that it tells the story of the Battle of Blood River, an epic battle fought in 1838 between Zulu impis and Boer commandos, from both sides. On 6 February 1838, Voortrekker leader Piet Retief and 67 of his men were killed by Zulu forces under the Zulu chief, Dingane. The Voortrekkers had come to the royal kraal to negotiate the rights to settle in …