Sinanatelo · siSwati
Ndlela
- PeopleemaSwati
- Grouping not stated by the sources read
- Surnames recorded Ndlela
- Places recorded Tibondzeni, Shiselweni, Zombodze, Eswatini
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Swaziland Oral History Project — edited transcripts and editorial endnotes, Wits Historical Papers A2760 (interviews 1968–1987; typescripts printed 2016 and 2021)
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The rendering that was read: Swaziland Oral History Project, Hamilton series (A22): interview with Simbimba Ndlela, 27 July 1983, with endnotes, 1983; printed 2021 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK1/(A22)SIM.pdf (narrator Simbimba Ndlela, pp.8-10 of the transcript, given in the editors' English translation; the siSwati genealogical form is reconstructed only in its bare name-of-name pattern)
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About This Record
What Was Written Down
The Ndlela trace themselves to Hlubi, the elder brother of Dlamini who lost the kingship, and to his son Ndlela born at Vuma on the Lubombo. Their tradition, recorded at Sobhuza II's request, has Hlubi and Mamba coming to Dlamini's rescue against his brother Loziyingili. Simbimba Ndlela, regent of the Ndlela chiefdom until 1981, was the principal narrator. Mshengu, a son of Ndlela, is named as grandson of Hlubi. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.
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Where This Comes From
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- Swaziland Oral History Project, Hamilton series (A22): interview with Simbimba Ndlela, 27 July 1983, with endnotes, 1983; printed 2021 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK1/(A22)SIM.pdf
- Swaziland Oral History Project, Hamilton series (A22): interview with Simbimba Ndlela, 27 July 1983, with endnotes, 1983; printed 2021 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK1/(A22)SIM.pdf (narrator Simbimba Ndlela)
- Swaziland Oral History Project, Hamilton series (A22): interview with Simbimba Ndlela, 27 July 1983, with endnotes, 1983; printed 2021 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK1/(A22)SIM.pdf (narrator Simbimba Ndlela, pp.8-10 of the transcript, given in the editors' English translation; the siSwati genealogical form is reconstructed only in its bare name-of-name pattern)
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