Part 1, Episode 2: An age of conquests and the consolidation of Mthethwa

In this episode, we hear about the growth of Mthethwa power under King Dingiswayo, and about his death, as described by his grandson, Mashwili kaMngoye. 

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Part 1, Episode 1: Mashwili kaMngoye and his account of the early life and accession to the Mthethwa kingship of Godongwana, later known as Dingiswayo

In the first episode of this series, Mashwili gives an account of the early life of Dingiswayo, then known as Godongwana, and his accession to the Mthethwa kingship.

To learn more, visit http://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/

This is the second of two installments on descriptions of life at uMgungundlovu in the 1830s. These podcasts are based on accounts by Lunguza kaMpukane, Thununu kaNonjiya, Ngidi kaMcikaziswa, and Sivivi kaMaqungo, recorded in the early 1900s by the amateur historian, James Stuart. Stuart published them in a school reader, uKulumetule, in 1925.

In this podcast we listen to their descriptions of uMgungundlovu read from uKulumetule by Dr. Mbongiseni Buthelezi. The musical excerpts are from Thokozani Mhlambi’s “Ukudibana kwezimpondo” (The meeting of the tusks). The podcast was directed and produced by Dan Corder.

This is the first of two installments on descriptions of life at uMgungundlovu in the 1830s. These podcasts are based on accounts by Lunguza kaMpukane, Thununu kaNonjiya, Ngidi kaMcikaziswa, and Sivivi kaMaqungo, recorded in the early 1900s by the amateur historian, James Stuart. Stuart published them in a school reader, uKulumetule, in 1925.

In this podcast we listen to their descriptions of uMgungundlovu read from uKulumetule by Dr. Mbongiseni Buthelezi. The musical excerpts are from Thokozani Mhlambi’s “Ukudibana kwezimpondo” (The meeting of the tusks). The podcast was directed and produced by Dan Corder.

Full podcast: Descriptions of life at uMgungundlovu in the 1830s based on accounts by Lunguza kaMpukane, Thununu kaNonjiya, Ngidi kaMcikaziswa, and Sivivi kaMaqungo, recorded in the early 1900s by the amateur historian, James Stuart. Stuart published them in a school reader, uKulumetule, in 1925.

In this podcast we listen to their descriptions of uMgungundlovu read from uKulumetule by Dr. Mbongiseni Buthelezi. The musical excerpts are from Thokozani Mhlambi’s “Ukudibana kwezimpondo” (The meeting of the tusks). The podcast was directed and produced by Dan Corder.