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Magema Magwaza Fuze in his own words: Defending Nkosi Langalibalele, Episode 4 from 2022-12-12T15:40:10

Episode 4: The exile and death of Langalibalele

In this podcast you will hear the words of Magema Fuze on ‘In August 1874, Langalibalele was exiled to Cape Town’ (part eleven), ‘In 1887 t...

Magema Magwaza Fuze in his own words: Defending Nkosi Langalibalele, Episode 3 from 2022-12-12T15:38:45

Episode 3: The trial and defense of Langalibalele

In this podcast you will hear the words of Magema Fuze on ‘Soldiers arrested Langalibalele in Lesotho in late 1873’ (part eight), ‘Langal...

Magema Magwaza Fuze in his own words: Defending Nkosi Langalibalele, Episode 2 from 2022-12-12T15:33:07

Episode 2: Conflict with the Natal government

In this podcast you will hear the words of Magema Fuze on ‘The amaHlubi start to accumulate guns’ (part five), ‘The authorities are concerned...

Magema Magwaza Fuze in his own words: Defending Nkosi Langalibalele, Episode 1 from 2022-12-12T15:26:59

Episode 1: amaHlubi before colonial times

This podcast begins with an introduction that discusses the backgrounds of Chief Langalibalele Hadebe and Magema Fuze respectively (part one), an...

W.W. Gqoba’s ‘Isizatu sokuxelwa kwe nkomo ngo Nongqause’, part 2 from 2022-03-22T14:20:11

Two decades after the Great Xhosa Cattle Killing, William Wellington Gqoba (1840-1888) – the editor of the isiXhosa newspaper Isigidimi SamaXosa – published a two-part history of the event. This...

W.W. Gqoba’s ‘Isizatu sokuxelwa kwe nkomo ngo Nongqause’, part 1 from 2022-03-22T14:17:54

Two decades after the Great Xhosa Cattle Killing, William Wellington Gqoba (1840-1888) – the editor of the isiXhosa newspaper Isigidimi SamaXosa – published a two-part history of the event. This...

The Weight of History: Part 2, Episode 3 from 2021-06-01T09:42:41

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 w...

The Weight of History: Part 2, Episode 2 from 2021-06-01T09:42:29

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 t...

The Weight of History: Part 2, Episode 1 from 2021-06-01T09:42:13

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 kaSenzanga...

The Weight of History: Part 1, Episode 3 from 2021-06-01T09:41:50

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 kaSenza...

The Weight of History: Part 1, Episode 2 from 2021-06-01T09:41:33

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 describ...

The Weight of History: Part 1, Episode 1 from 2021-06-01T09:41:09

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,...

uMgungundlovu: through the eyes of the izinceku (Part 2 of 2) from 2021-05-18T10:40:30

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, an...

uMgungundlovu: through the eyes of the izinceku (Part 1 of 2) from 2021-05-18T10:30:16

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...

uMgungundlovu: through the eyes of the izinceku from 2020-09-14T16:09:50

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 ...