uMbusoKaXhosa

Eli gama silichukumisayo namhlanje, ligama elikhulu neli hlonipheke kakhulu emaXhoseni. Igama lo mzi we nkosi yam le kuthwa kukulo Dungashe - eTsonyana. Iziduko zase maXhoseni esingabala kuzo ama Bamba zisafunga ngalo eligama kuna kaloku nje, ngoba le yayiyi nkosi enkulu eyayinama gunya nge xesha layo. Lo sithetha ngaye ngu nyana we Kumkani u Khawuta oli vela tanci ukutsho oko unyana owazalwa kuqala kubo bonke;  ezalwa kwindlu ka Khawuta yase Kunene.  Kwindlu enkulu yakhe u Khawuta uzele u Hintsa umfo ka Nobutho u Mamthembu, laza iQadi le ndlu enkulu ka Khawuta yangu Nkani. u Hintsa no Nkani noo Malashe bavele mva apha ku mkhuluwa wabo u Bhurhu, singatsho sithi bakhuliswe kwanguye u Bhurhu; njengoba u Maqoma nhaye bakhuliswa nguye oonyana bakayise inguye omdala; nalapha ko mkhulu kubenjalo kuba u Khawuta ukhawuleze wedlula emhlabeni. u Bhurhu njengee nkosi zakowabo nhaye uzele intlaninge yoo nyana esingabala kubo u Maphasa eyona nkulu yakhe; ibengu Myeki uyise ka Mfati wase Mn...

  U Makinana yeyona ndlamafa kubo bonke ubukhosi bama Ndlambe. Uyise ngu Mhala (Ahh Mbodla) into ka Ndlambe enkulu, wabe u Ndlambe lowo engumninawa ka Mlawu into ka Rharhabe ukunene kuka Kumkani u Phalo, u Ndlambe no Mlawu bazalwa ngu mama omnye u Nojoli. Unina ka Makinana lowo ngu Nohute intokazi ka Ndaba inkosi enkulu yaba Thembu. Abafazi baka Mhala ke babelishumi elina mbini; abantwana baba ngamashumi omane (40). Amakhwenkwe ema shumi mabini neentombi zikwa ngako. U Makinana uvelele e Xinirha ngase Mpongo (Macleantown), kulofama kuthiwa ngoku yeka Somats'ats'a, kwisiqingatha se Qonce ne Qumrha ne Monti, apho kanye zidibana khona zozithathu. Umnyaka avele ngawo umalunga nowe 1830, kuba waluke ngowe 1849 engekabi no ngqovu, waluka ngomnyaka ka Oba (Ahh Ngonyama) into ka Thyali, kunye nento zakowabo o Smiti, Mtshatsheni, Ndimba, noo Mngxokwane. Ngawo lowo mnyaka ama Ndlambe akhe ane ngxokozelo engencinci phakathi kwawo ewodwa, iNkosi u Mhala ahlulelene ne Nkosikazi u Nohute, ku...

“ Niyakuzilela mna kunyak' ozayo. ” u Mhala ngu nyana ka Ndlambe (Ahh Ndabanduna) owaba sesi khundleni sika yise, phezu kokuba uyise wayeno nyana abaninzi. Enyanisweni u Mhala loh wayifumana nge thamsanqa nangokuhlakanipha kwakhe nge ngqondo loo ndawo yokuba yeyona nkosi  inkulu yama Ndlambe, kuba kaloku: Uzalwa yintombi yomntu omnyama - ukutsho oko unina akazalwa bukhosini. Unina ka Mhala uzalwa ema Ngwevini. Okwesibini; u Mhala unaba khuluwa bakhe o Dyani, nabanye. Eyona yona nto yamenza ukuba adalwe abe yi ndlalifa yama Ndlambe kukuba inkosikazi enkulu ka Ndlambe, u Noyena akazange azale, wathi ke unina ka Mhala loh wabe wayedalwe waba li qadi lako Yena ukutsho iqadi le ndlu enkulu. Athe nawona ma qadi asondeleyo, asuka akabi nabantwana bangama khwenkwe; waba ke ngoko uyasamela u Mhalana (kuba kwakutshiwo oko ukubizwa kwakhe ngokudeleka kwakhe). Umntu makanga cingi nakanye ukuba lomfo ufumane wasizuza esi sihlalo sika yise ngenxa yalonto yobuqadi yodwa, - hayi, kubekho imis...

Ebu Kumkanini bama  Xhosa kukho abantu abaninzi kunene, abantu abazitshoyo ngobuntu babo, kwaye abazidlayo ngobuzwe babo; aba bantu bakhaliphile, bahle, bazi mvumi, baye ekuthetheni bengamabi amaciko. Abo bantu ke sesi sizwe kuthiwa ngama Ngqika (amaRharhabe). u Ngqika lowo yi nkosi enkulu yeso sizwe kuthiwa ngama Ngqika; abe ke phofu engeyiyo inkosi enkulu yama Xhosa; int' ekunayo wathi wazenzela igama ngenxa yezi zinto sesizibalile ngasentla, ukutsho oko ubukhalipha, ubuhle, ubuciko, noku cula. Uyise ka Ngqika ngu Mlawu, kodwa ekubeni u Mlawu lowo wakhothama ese mncinane, futhi akukho nto iphi ithethekayo ngaye. u Mlawu uzalwa ngu Rharhabe; yileyo ke indoda enebali elide, neline ziganeko, kuba yena wakhothama sele eyi ndoda. u Rharhabe ke uzalwa ngu Phalo: eku kunene yena ku Phalo lowo ngentombi yaseba Thenjini; kuba inkulu okanye u Kumkani wamaXhosa wonke ngu Gcaleka nge ntombi yasema Mpondweni. Mhlawumbi ungacaca lo mlibo xa ndiwenjenje. isende lika Kumkani u Phalo   iNdlu...