Hlubi – Timeline

isiZulu version

The Making of the Hlubi Archive: a work-in-progress timeline

This timeline provides a guide to the available materials that speak to the Hlubi past. These materials include recorded oral accounts, colonial documents and items of material culture, as well as published and unpublished written accounts. Some of these materials are already available in the Hlubi archive on EMANDULO, can be accessed elsewhere online via a link in the timeline, or are available in a publication. The timeline also features major events pertinent to Hlubi history.

Others are materials that EMANDULO seeks to locate or be given. To contribute material to the Hlubi archive and the work-in-progress timeline please contact 500YearArchive@gmail.com.

1912

D. F. Ellenberger published History of the Basuto: Ancient and Modern containing a history of the Hlubi and their connection with Batlokoa.

1912

J. Ayliff and J. Whiteside, History of the Abambo, Butterworth.

1913

Lucy Lloyd donated 4 items (mat; 2 beer strainers; basket) given to her by the wives of Langalibalele in 1877 and 1887 to the South African Museum (Iziko)

1915

3 December 1915

A passage on early Hlubi history, beginning with the phrase ‘Abakwa Mutimkulu, kwa Radebe inkos kwaku ngu Langalibalele, ka Mutimkulu, ka Bhungane, ka Nsele,’ appeared in Magema Magwaza Fuze’s column, ‘Sapumapi Tina?’ in Ilanga lase Natal.

10 December 1915

Article by Magema Magwaza Fuze on events in Hlubi history that occurred at uMtshezi and which appeared in his column ‘Sapumapi Tina?’ in Ilanga lase Natal.

1916

8 September 1916

Article by Magema Magwaza Fuze on the trial of Langalibalele which appeared in his column ‘Isipeto sika Zulu: Inhloko XXI’ in Ilanga lase Natal.

1919

12 September 1919

Magema Magwaza Fuze published the first article in his series on Hlubi history, ‘AmaHlubi‘ containing ‘Isahluko I’ and ‘Isahluko II’ in Ilanga lase Natal.

19 September 1919

Magema Magwaza Fuze published a further article in his series on Hlubi history, ‘AmaHlubi‘ containing ‘Isahluko III’ to ‘Isahluko V’ in Ilanga lase Natal.

26 September 1919

Magema Magwaza Fuze published a further article in his series on Hlubi history, ‘AmaHlubi‘ containing ‘Isahluko VI’ and ‘Isahluko VII’ in Ilanga lase Natal.

3 October 1919

Magema Magwaza Fuze published a further article in his series on Hlubi history, ‘AmaHlubi‘ containing ‘Isahluko VIII’ and ‘Isahluko IX’ in Ilanga lase Natal.

10 October 1919

Magema Magwaza Fuze published a further article in his series on Hlubi history, ‘AmaHlubi‘ containing the first part of ‘Isahluko X’ in Ilanga lase Natal.

17 October 1919

Magema Magwaza Fuze published a further article in his series on Hlubi history, ‘AmaHlubi‘ containing the conclusion of ‘Isahluko X’ in Ilanga lase Natal.

24 October 1919

Magema Magwaza Fuze published a further article in his series on Hlubi history, ‘AmaHlubi‘ in Ilanga lase Natal.

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: 13 November 2023