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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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Ancestors – Surnames (Sibongo)

Ben Themba Silindza — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 12:12:55 +0000

ANCESTORS – Surnames (Sibongo) are the names of ancestors, the reason that you have a surname is a confirmation that ancestors do exist and that everyone has ancestors otherwise if you don’t have ancestors you would not be existing. There is a big difference between what Europeans call a surname and what we call Isibongo. [...]

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Knowledge of our Ancestors

Ben Themba Silindza — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 15:05:21 +0000

WE think we are wiser than our ANCESTORS because of Western education. Our ancestors were not illiterate as we perceive them indeed they were not educated in the western education that is without knowledge, but they had knowledge. Knowledge is far better than education in fact education was the product of knowledge those who have [...]

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