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Added on 12/02/2006
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Historic profile of
Mpezeni Khumalo: Mpezeni was born in Bulawayo in about
1880, the second of the four 'royal' sons of Lobengula
who survived into the white settler Occupation period. His
mother was Lomalongwe, according to Ntabeni Khumalo, she
was the most important wife after Lozigeyi and
consequently Mpezeni might have been chosen to succeed his
father Lobengula ............read the full
article of Mpezeni Khumalo here
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Added on 10/02/2006
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Historic profile of
Sidojiwa Khumalo: Sidojiwa was born at Nsindeni in
about 1888, the youngest of the four 'royal' sons of Lobengula
who survived into the White Settler Occupation period. His
mother was Ngotsha, a sister of Lozigeyi Dhlodhlo, she was
presumably one of the younger wives as she lived on as a
pensioner until 1955............ read full
article of the historic profile of Sidojiwa Khumalo here
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Added on 05/02/2006
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The Khumalo
royal family: The relatives of Lobengula Khumalo and
close associates of the royal Khumalo Family after the
British White Occupation of Zimbabwe have hardly been
covered in historic documentation. With descriptions of
Lobengula last royal sons (Sidojiwa,
Mpezeni, Njube
and Nguboyenja), to his cousins and the Khumalo family
praise singer, this article sheds light in that area.........read
the full article
on the Khumalo royal family here.
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Added on 31/01/2006
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Historic profile of
Father Prestage: Father Peter Prestage, born and
educated in London England, he joined missionary work of
the Jesuits in Africa, working first in South Africa then
Zimbabwe. He witnessed the Ndebele raid on Victoria
(Masvingo) on the 9th of July 1893, and had a special
interest in the fall of the Ndebele
State because of the failure of the Jesuits to make
the converts among the Ndebele,
due to its system of government. He died at Empandeni,
Matebeleland Zimbabwe................. Read the full
article of the historic profile of Father Peter Prestage
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Added on 24/01/2006
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Fall of King Lobengula: Evelyn Waugh, who visited Bulawayo
and the Matopos in 1964, likened the Matabele King to a
deeply tragic figure from Shakespeare, combining as he
did elements of Lear, Macbeth and Richard 11. It is an
apt comment evoking, as it does, the picture of a
figure, irreversibly caught up in the toils of history
and singled out by the Fates for Nemesis. During the
height of his powers, Lobengula
ruled over some of southern Africa's richest and most
sought after lands.....read the full
article on the fall of King Lobengula |
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Added on 18/01/2006
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| Trail
Guide to Khami Ruins: The area around Khami has a
long history of occupation. Stone Age hunter-gatherers
lived in the area long before the stone walls belonging
to the Iron Age town were built. By the end of the first
millennium A.D. a village, belonging to iron and pottery
using farmers, had become established on and around a
rocky outcrop known as Leopard's Kopje to the north of
the river...... read the full
article on the Trail Guide to Khami Ruins here. |
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Added on 14/01/2006
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| Ndebele
Religious / cultural beliefs: Ndebele
religious and cultural practice became a hybrid of the
beliefs and practices of the various peoples that made
up the society. However it is important to give a
profile of Ndebele culture as a product of cultural
practice in Zululand..... This was the practice of the
Zansi, the original Ndebele who left Zululand with
Mzilikazi. Ndebele culture was centered on certain
religious rituals...... read the full
article on Ndebele religious / cultural beliefs here |
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Added on 09/01/2006
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| Matabele
- Ndebele Social Structure: The way in which
Mzilikazi built his Ndebele Kingdom as a result of the
need for it to grow in numbers beyond the just the mere
300 people, that he left with when he was fleeing from
Tshaka, through raids and assimilation of youths and
women. In order to be able maintain the culture and
beliefs of his people, Mzilikazi stratified his kingdom
into three distinct groups or classes...... read the
full article of the
Matabele - Ndebele Social Structure here |
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Added on 07/01/2006
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| Ndebele
and the Christianity religion: The Ndebele had first
contact with Christian missionaries when Mzilikazi
consented to the London Missionary Society’s coming to
Zimbabwe. Mzilikazi consented to the coming of the
missionaries led by Robert Moffat in 1867 strictly for
non religious purposes. King Mzilikazi had hoped to use
the missionaries as agents for trade with white traders
from South Africa........ read the full
article on the Ndebele and the Christianity religion |
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Added on 05/01/2006
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| Overview
of Changes in Ndebele Religion: When Mzilikazi
settled in the area now known as Zimbabwe with his Zansi
(the original people that left Zululand) they changed
their approach to their rainmaking ceremonies. They
started killing a number of oxen and burning sweet
smelling plants and firewood, all lit up with a fire
made from rubbing sticks together....... read the full
article on the
changes in Ndebele religion here |
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Added on 01/01/2006
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| Profile
of Sekuru Kagubi: Gumboreshumba (meaning: The foot /
claws of a lion) also known as Kagubi, lived in
Chikwaka's Kraal in the Goromonzi Hill, near Harare Zimbabwe.
He was obviously a man of some substance in the area. He
was married to a daughter of Chief Mashonganyika whose
kraal was some three miles to the south of the Goromonzi
Hill and he also had wives from the kraal of headman
Gondo which is also in the vicinity of Goromonzi Hill...............
History of Kaguvi can
be found here. |
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