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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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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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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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Kings, Kings, Kings…

Ben Themba Silindza — Sun, 03 May 2020 13:06:54 +0000

Kings, Kings, Kings – I wonder why they receiving a salary. What is that salary for? What are they doing for us? Maybe they are paid for being part of the system that is destroying Africa? What is their duty to us? Some people they say their duty is to preserve our culture and i [...]

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Kugeza emanti/Kuhlambulula/Kuchinsa

Ben Themba Silindza — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 10:33:24 +0000

KUGEZA EMANTI/KUHLAMBULULA/KUCHINSA – In our culture we associate death as a bad omen and it is something that we don’t accept. When one of our family member passes away we say something bad has happened in our family and the whole family will be under the cloud of death (Kutsiwa kungene emanti endlini/sisemantini). In most [...]

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