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materials include recorded oral accounts, colonial documents and items of material culture, as well as published and unpublished written accounts.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.

1919

31 October 1919

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

7 November 1919

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

14 November 1919

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

21 November 1919

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

28 November 1919

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

12 December 1919

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

19 December 1919

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

26 December 1919

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

1920

2 January 1920

Magema Magwaza Fuze published the last in a series of articles on Hlubi history, ‘AmaHlubi‘ containing ‘Isahluko XXII’ and ‘Isahluko XXIII’ in Ilanga lase Natal.

Typescript copies of Magema Magwaza Fuze’s articles related to Hlubi history in Ilanga lase Natal, as well as a podcast based on these articles titled ‘Magema Magwaza Fuse in his own words: Defending Nkosi Langalibalele’ can be found on EMANDULO.

1927

5 November 1927

Nzulu Lwazi [S. E. K. Mqhayi] published ‘U B’ungane’ in Umteteli wa Bantu, p 7. (Reprint and translation into English published by Opland, J. and Mtuze, P. T. (Eds. & trans.). (2009). Abantu Besizwe: Historical and Biographical Writings, 1902-1944, S E K Mqhayi. Johannesburg: Wits Press, pp. 223-228).

1928

H. M. Ndawo, Izibongo Zenkosi zama-Hlubi nezama-Baca, Mariannhill.

24 November 1928

Nzulu Lwazi [S. E. K. Mqhayi] published ‘U-Langalibalele’ in Umteteli wa Bantu, p 8. (Reprint and translation into English published by Opland, J. and Mtuze, P. T. (Eds. & trans.). (2009). Abantu Besizwe: Historical and Biographical Writings, 1902-1944, S E K Mqhayi. Johannesburg: Wits Press, pp. 305-310).

1929

Richard Kawa published Ibali lamaMfengu, Lovedale Press.

A. T. Bryant published Olden Times in Natal and Zululand, London: Longmans Green, including large section on Hlubi history.

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