Episode 4: The exile and death of Langalibalele In this podcast you will hear the words of Magema Fuze on ‘In August 1874, Langalibalele was exiled to Cape Town’ (part eleven), ‘In 1887 the government of Natal brought Langalibalele back from exile’ (part twelve), and ‘Langalibalele dies in 1889’ (part thirteen).

Episode 3: The trial and defense of Langalibalele In this podcast you will hear the words of Magema Fuze on ‘Soldiers arrested Langalibalele in Lesotho in late 1873’ (part eight), ‘Langalibalele’s trial and Colenso’s intervention’ (part nine), and ‘Colenso fights for Langalibalele’s rights’ (part ten).

Episode 2: Conflict with the Natal government In this podcast you will hear the words of Magema Fuze on ‘The amaHlubi start to accumulate guns’ (part five), ‘The authorities are concerned about the proliferation of guns among the amaHlubi’ (part six), and ‘The authorities send Mahoiza to summon Langalibalele’ (part seven).

Episode 1: amaHlubi before colonial times This podcast begins with an introduction that discusses the backgrounds of Chief Langalibalele Hadebe and Magema Fuze respectively (part one), and then continues with the words of Magema Fuze on ‘The amaHlubi during the reign of the Zulu King Shaka’ (part two), ‘Mtetwa’s name changes to Langalibalele’ (part three) and ‘The Hlubi left the Zulu kingdom and crossed over to Natal, in 1848’ (part four).

Two decades after the Great Xhosa Cattle Killing, William Wellington Gqoba (1840-1888) – the editor of the isiXhosa newspaper Isigidimi SamaXosa – published a two-part history of the event. This podcast discusses Gqoba's second article. The second article begins with the failure of the prophecy. In it, Gqoba offers important critiques of colonial ideas of the prophecy being a ‘Chiefs’ plot’ designed to stoke up resistance to colonialism.

Two decades after the Great Xhosa Cattle Killing, William Wellington Gqoba (1840-1888) – the editor of the isiXhosa newspaper Isigidimi SamaXosa – published a two-part history of the event. This podcast discusses Gqoba's first article. The first article was published in Isigidimi SamaXosa on 1 March 1888. In the article, Gqoba offered a history of the first eight days after the prophecy.

Part 2, Episode 3: Shaka’s accession to the Zulu chieftaincy In this episode, Ndlovu discusses Shaka kaSenzangakhona’s time living at Mthethwa and how he acceded to the Zulu chieftaincy with the support of the Mthethwa king and Ndlovu’s grandfather, Mudli kaNkwelo. To learn more, visit http://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/

Part 2, Episode 2: The boyhood of Shaka In this episode, Ndlovu gives an account of Shaka’s youth, and we follow the story of the political strategising by powerful political figures of the day, Mnkabayi kaJama and Ndlovu’s grandfather, Mudli kaNkwelo.  To learn more, visit http://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/

Part 2, Episode 1: Ndlovu kaThimuni and his account of the birth of Shaka In the first episode of Part Two, Ndlovu gives an account of the birth of the famous Zulu king, Shaka kaSenzangakhona.  To learn more, visit http://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/

Part 1, Episode 3: Mthethwa-Zulu relations and the death of King Dingiswayo This episode focuses on the way in which King Dingiswayo supported a young commander in his army, Shaka kaSenzangakhona, to take over the chiefship of the Zulu from his father. To learn more, visit http://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/

Part 1, Episode 2: An age of conquests and the consolidation of Mthethwa In this episode, we hear about the growth of Mthethwa power under King Dingiswayo, and about his death, as described by his grandson, Mashwili kaMngoye.  To learn more, visit http://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/

Part 1, Episode 1: Mashwili kaMngoye and his account of the early life and accession to the Mthethwa kingship of Godongwana, later known as Dingiswayo In the first episode of this series, Mashwili gives an account of the early life of Dingiswayo, then known as Godongwana, and his accession to the Mthethwa kingship. To learn more, visit http://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/

This is the second of two installments on descriptions of life at uMgungundlovu in the 1830s. These podcasts are based on accounts by Lunguza kaMpukane, Thununu kaNonjiya, Ngidi kaMcikaziswa, and Sivivi kaMaqungo, recorded in the early 1900s by the amateur historian, James Stuart. Stuart published them in a school reader, uKulumetule, in 1925.

This is the first of two installments on descriptions of life at uMgungundlovu in the 1830s. These podcasts are based on accounts by Lunguza kaMpukane, Thununu kaNonjiya, Ngidi kaMcikaziswa, and Sivivi kaMaqungo, recorded in the early 1900s by the amateur historian, James Stuart. Stuart published them in a school reader, uKulumetule, in 1925.

Full podcast: Descriptions of life at uMgungundlovu in the 1830s based on accounts by Lunguza kaMpukane, Thununu kaNonjiya, Ngidi kaMcikaziswa, and Sivivi kaMaqungo, recorded in the early 1900s by the amateur historian, James Stuart. Stuart published them in a school reader, uKulumetule, in 1925. In this podcast we listen to their descriptions of uMgungundlovu read from uKulumetule by Dr. Mbongiseni Buthelezi. The musical excerpts are from Thokozani Mhlambi’s “Ukudibana kwezimpondo” (The meeting of the tusks). The podcast was directed and produced by Dan Corder.