Part 2, Episode 3: Shaka’s accession to the Zulu chieftaincy In this episode, Ndlovu discusses Shaka kaSenzangakhona’s time living at Mthethwa and how he acceded to the Zulu chieftaincy with the support of the Mthethwa king and Ndlovu’s grandfather, Mudli kaNkwelo. To learn more, visit http://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/

Part 2, Episode 2: The boyhood of Shaka In this episode, Ndlovu gives an account of Shaka’s youth, and we follow the story of the political strategising by powerful political figures of the day, Mnkabayi kaJama and Ndlovu’s grandfather, Mudli kaNkwelo.  To learn more, visit http://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/

Part 2, Episode 1: Ndlovu kaThimuni and his account of the birth of Shaka In the first episode of Part Two, Ndlovu gives an account of the birth of the famous Zulu king, Shaka kaSenzangakhona.  To learn more, visit http://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/

Part 1, Episode 3: Mthethwa-Zulu relations and the death of King Dingiswayo This episode focuses on the way in which King Dingiswayo supported a young commander in his army, Shaka kaSenzangakhona, to take over the chiefship of the Zulu from his father. To learn more, visit http://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/

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

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.

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.

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.