Convening the Hlubi Archive

Convening the Hlubi Archive

Convening the Hlubi Archive offers engaging and accessible entry points – currently in the form of a timeline, podcasts and artwork, with more to come – into a growing collection of material that makes up the Hlubi archive on EMANDULO. This presentation provides a window into the variety of materials already available online on EMANDULO. More than a portal to the existing online collection, Convening the Hlubi Archive is also a year-long  invitation to institutions, family associations and individuals to contribute materials to the online archive.

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Timeline of the Hlubi Archive

Reaching back deep in time to the southern African past before colonialism, spanning the colonial divide and continuing to the present day.

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akuyona inqawe le (this is not a pipe)

EMANDULO invited artist Sandile Radebe to engage with the archive of Hlubi material on EMANDULO, and to produce an artwork in response to it.

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Podcast

Between 1915 and 1920 Magema Magwaza Fuze published a series of newspaper articles in Ilanga lase Natal about the history of the Hlubi people and Chief Langalibalele kaMthimkhulu’s dispute with the colonial government of Natal in the 1870s. EMANDULO used the texts of these articles to create a four-episode podcast titled ‘Defending Nkosi Langalibalele’.

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CREDITS

FHYA would like to acknowledge the commitment of Iziko Museums of South Africa, Killie Campbell Africana Library of the University of KwaZulu-Natal and the KwaZulu-Natal Museum to making their holdings openly accessible and the generosity of their staff in making this presentation possible. Presentation prepared by FHYA in 2023, using materials collected by Steven Kotze in partnership with Lailah Hisham (Iziko), Senzosenkosi Mkhize (Killie Campbell Africana Library of the University of KwaZulu-Natal), Justine Wintjes and Dimakatso Tlhoaele (KwaZulu-Natal Museum), Zukisa Madyibi (Walter Sisulu University), Thozama April and Sinazo Mtshemla (University of Fort Hare) and Robert Hart (Duggan-Cronin Gallery, McGregor Museum). Archival curation prepared by Benathi Marufu with assistance from Debra Pryor. Visual curation, page design, and development by Vanessa Chen with assistance from Makhosi Mkhize and Studio de Greef. Technical support provided by Hussein Suleman. Written content produced by Steven Kotze and Carolyn Hamilton, drawing on, amongst other things, recent research by John Wright and Carolyn Hamilton. Editorial and conceptual support by Carolyn Hamilton. The FHYA is especially grateful for the ongoing research support of Muziwandile Hadebe and the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Archives, and would further like to thank Mwelela Cele, Patricia Davison, Nessa Leibhammer, John Wright and Gavin Whitelaw for their assistance and advice during the preparation of this curation. Our presentations are archived here. If you wish to make a contribution, use this link.

EMANDULO

EMANDULO is an experimental digital platform, in ongoing development, for engaging with resources pertinent to southern African history before colonialism across what is today eSwatini, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, and the Eastern Cape.

Online from: 30 October 2023