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Mabaso

Carried by the amaZulu and emaSwati.

isiZulu

An isithakazelo of the amaZulu.

PeopleamaZulu

The Izithakazelo

Version 1

Mntungwa,Mbulaz' omnyama,Nina bakaBhej' eseNgome,Nin' enadl' umuntu nimyenga ngendaba,Nin' enadl' izimf' ezimbili ikhambi laphuma lilinye,Lobengula kaMzilikazi,Mzilikazi kaMashobana,Shobana noGasa kaZikode,Zikode kaMkhatshwa,Okhatshwe ngezind' izinyawo nangezimfushanyana,UMkhatshwa wawoZimangele,UNyama yentini yawoZimangele,Mabaso owabas' entabeni kwadliwa ilanga lishona,BaNtungw' abancwaba,Zindlovu ezibantu,Zindlovu ezimacocombela,Nin' abakwaMawela owawel' iZambezi ngezikhali,Nin' abakwaNkomo zavul' inqaba,Zavul' inqaba ngezimpondo kwelaseNgome zahamba,Nin' enalukudl' umlenze kwaBulawayo,Mantungwa Aluhlaza,Mantungwa Amahle,Bantwana benkosi!

Version 2

Nin' abakwaNtokela,Inkubele abayihlabe ngamanxeba,Abakhule ngezinyawo ezimfishanyana nezimaqhukulwana,Inyang' abathe beth' ifil' uZulu kanti isiyetheswe,Yetheswe ngoNyakana kaMpeyana,UBando abalubande balushiy' uZulu,UNtshwintshwintshwi kaNoyanda noNdaba,UNkone evele ngobus' emdibini,Maqhaw' amakhulu!

Two versions are recorded and neither has been chosen. Where community sources differ on a praise, both readings are kept. A regional form and a transcription slip are indistinguishable to anyone who is not a first-language reader.

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Part of Izithakazelo: Zulu and Ndebele clan praises

siSwati

A sinanatelo of the emaSwati, which the sources also call Swati.

PeopleemaSwati
Grouping Emafikamuva
Surnames recorded Mabaso

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Part of Tinanatelo: Swati clan praises

Recorded Alongside

Khumalo One lineage recorded under two surnames in the isiZulu record. The same text is recited for both.

Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.

Where This Came From

Themba, 2026-08-11: IZITHAKAZELO ZAMAZULU, Full Text Corpus, Tranche One
Community compilation: iafrika.org
Community compilation: zuluring.blogspot.com
Community compilation: izithakazelo.blog
Community compilation: izithakazeloizibongo.blogspot.com
Community compilation: izithakazelo.wordpress.com
Thabani Thwala, The Politics of Placing Princes in Historical and Contemporary Swaziland (MA research report, supervisor Philip Bonner), 2013 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/FHYA%20Depot/Theses%20and%20Dissertations/Thwala_2013_The_Politics_of_Placing_Princes_in_Historical_and_Contemporary_Swaziland.pdf
Thabani Thwala, The Politics of Placing Princes in Historical and Contemporary Swaziland (MA research report, supervisor Philip Bonner), 2013 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/FHYA%20Depot/Theses%20and%20Dissertations/Thwala_2013_The_Politics_of_Placing_Princes_in_Historical_and_Contemporary_Swaziland.pdf (pp.14-15)
Wikipedia contributors, Emafikamuva (English Wikipedia), read 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emafikamuva

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