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Sinanatelo · siSwati

Lukhele

Also spelled Lukhelo.

  • PeopleemaSwati
  • Grouping Bemdzabuko
  • Surnames recorded Lukhele
  • Places recorded Ngobelweni, Kubuta, Sitfobela, Shiselweni, Mamba

Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.

About This Record

What Was Written Down

A Lukhele narrator in 1970 said his people came down the Lubombo with the Dlamini kings, tried to cross the Phongolo, were blocked by the Zulu and returned to Shiselweni; the king later placed them in their present area as sentinels against Zulu raids. Their remembered ancestors are Tigodvo, Mongo, Nhlangotsi and Dambuza Lukhele, the last a chief and warrior who died at Lubuya in 1839. Kuper, as reported, marks the Lukhele as related to and not intermarrying with the Mdluli and Nkonyane. A Lukhele woman, sister of Dambuza, married Sobhuza I. The tinanatelo blog groups Mdluli, Lukhele and Sikhandzisa together. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.

Families Tell This Differently

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Where This Comes From

Written down by
  • Swaziland Oral History Project, Bonner series (B8): interview with Nyandza Nhlabatsi and Tomoyi Dlamini, kaZameya, 21… — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK3/(B8)NHLA.pdf
  • Swaziland Oral History Project, Bonner series (B8): interview with Nyandza Nhlabatsi and Tomoyi Dlamini, kaZameya, 21… — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK3/(B8)NHLA.pdf (endnote xlii and SWOHP_NSIBANDZE_PHU endnote liii (reporting KUPER1947 p.233)

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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