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Sinanatelo · siSwati

Hlatshwako

Also spelled Hlatjwako, Hlatshwayo.

  • PeopleemaSwati
  • Grouping Emafikamuva
  • Surnames recorded Hlatshwako, Hlatjwako
  • Places recorded Eswatini, Mhlosheni, Manyenge, Ntuvane, Phongolo

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Swaziland Oral History Project — edited transcripts and editorial endnotes, Wits Historical Papers A2760 (interviews 1968–1987; typescripts printed 2016 and 2021)

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The rendering that was read: Swaziland Oral History Project, Hamilton series (A8): interview with Velamuva Hlatshwako, 1987, with synopsis and end…, 1987; printed 2021 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK2/(A8)HLAT.pdf (narrator Velamuva Hlatshwako, p.38 of the transcript)

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About This Record

What Was Written Down

Although the Hlatshwako descend from Ngwanya, son of Ngwane by his sesulamsiti wife and so barred from kingship, Kuper's table, as reported, classes them as late-comers because the section returned from south of the Phongolo and was received by Mswati II. The narrator's account has Sobhuza I taking LaMlalati, a daughter of Ngwanya, and the nation paying a hundred cattle to reconcile her people. The editors note the clan name began as a nickname before becoming a sibongo, and discuss the -ko (siSwati) versus -yo (isiZulu) ending. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.

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Where This Comes From

Written down by
  • Swaziland Oral History Project: consolidated editorial endnotes and glossary, letters A to K — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK5/ENDNOTES.pdf (and SWOHP_HLATSHWAKO endnote v (reporting KUPER1947 p.233 as labafikamuva)
  • Swaziland Oral History Project, Hamilton series (A8): interview with Velamuva Hlatshwako, 1987, with synopsis and end…, 1987; printed 2021 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK2/(A8)HLAT.pdf
  • Swaziland Oral History Project, Hamilton series (A8): interview with Velamuva Hlatshwako, 1987, with synopsis and end…, 1987; printed 2021 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK2/(A8)HLAT.pdf (narrator Velamuva Hlatshwako)
  • Swaziland Oral History Project, Hamilton series (A8): interview with Velamuva Hlatshwako, 1987, with synopsis and end…, 1987; printed 2021 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK2/(A8)HLAT.pdf (narrator Velamuva Hlatshwako, p.38 of the transcript)

Recorded Alongside

  • Bhembe Also recorded among the emaSwati.
  • Dladla Also recorded among the emaSwati.
  • Dlamini Also recorded among the emaSwati.
  • Dvuba Also recorded among the emaSwati.
  • Fakudze Also recorded among the emaSwati.
  • Gama Also recorded among the emaSwati.

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