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African Ancestors and Amadlozi

Dr Velaphi Bhedlindaba — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 17:02:17 +0000

Be they in the enchanting and vast Drakensburg Mountains, Izintaba zoKhahlamba in Zulu, down along the south coast of Durban along the Umkomaas River Mouth, or any part of KwaZulu-Natal or South Africa for that matter, Zulus are generally a proud people. Whether one lives in a rural area or is an “urban Zulu”, to [...]

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Inhlawulo

Ben Themba Silindza — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 10:27:56 +0000

Some call it damages, especially in the Townships. I want to take this opportunity to write about this topic as it has been greatly abused because of ignorance. I am not writing to please people but to document knowledge for the next generation. I have spent time with the elders, receiving knowledge, and most of [...]

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Ligedla

Ben Themba Silindza — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 15:37:31 +0000

Ligedla is one of the forgotten callings for healers, I don’t know what other nations call these professional people. We do not have an equivalent word to call them in English. Some people say they are herbalists but herbalists use only plants to heal and they heal only the body, but Emagedla heal the body, [...]

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Lidvumane

Ben Themba Silindza — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 13:02:48 +0000

Lidvumane is one of the most important rocks for Emadloti, which has been replaced by Libovu most of the time. In the coming generations when we talk of Lidvumane they will think we are referring to Libovu as it seems Lidvumane is being used as another word for Libovu. The two are not the same, [...]

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Likhaya

Ben Themba Silindza — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 11:58:15 +0000

According to my culture there is a big difference between a house and a home (Indlu noma likhaya). My grandfather used to say you cannot buy a home (likhaya) but you can buy a house. Unfortunately according to his explanation very few Africans have homes (emakhaya) these days. Our culture especially us Emalangeni (Those of [...]

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Libito/Ligama (A Name)

Ben Themba Silindza — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 15:19:52 +0000

The first thing to be done when a child is born is to be given a name. Before colonization every clan used to have certain names that are given within that family because they knew reincarnation exists, the child will be named by the name of the person whom is thought to have reincarnated .Reincarnation [...]

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Indlu Ka-Gogo (Umsamo)

Ben Themba Silindza — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 16:19:43 +0000

INDLU KA-GOGO(UMSAMO) – One of the holiest places at home. I don’t know what other nations call it in their languages but there is no English word for umsamo and indlu kagogo because such does not exist among the whites, they have theirs different from ours. The unfortunate thing is that very few African homes [...]

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Ilobolo

Ben Themba Silindza — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 14:28:56 +0000

ILOBOLO – (TIBANJWA NGALETIKUDLAKO/UGWAZWE NGESIKHALI SAKHE. Kundzima kuba NGU AFRICA. Sometimes things that were meant for good can also be used to destroy you. Ilobolo have done more damage to Africans than the good it was intended to for. If you are a sangoma or inyanga you will agree with me that most of the [...]

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Kuphahla

Ben Themba Silindza — Sat, 14 Nov 2020 19:31:00 +0000

KUPHAHLA – The problem with people who are going back to African Spirituality is that they approach the spirituality like they used to do in Christianity. They use their background in Christianity and bring it to our spirituality. They just do a substitution of words and names of deities. For example prayer and kuphahla are [...]

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INZUZA

Ben Themba Silindza — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 09:18:06 +0000

INZUZA – the name can refer to the spirit or the snake that controls the spirit, when people are talking about Inzuza they might be referring between the two, though there are also people who are called in that way. Some people call it a water spirit though it is not just a water spirit [...]

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