Hlubi people
AmaHlubi | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| ~3 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Languages | |
| isiHlubi | |
| Religion | |
| African Traditional Religion, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Zulu, Xhosa, Swati, Bhaca, Southern, Northern Ndebele people and Basotho phuthi people |
| The AmaHlubi Nation | |
|---|---|
| Person | iHlubi |
| People | AmaHlubi |
| Language | isiHlubi |
| Country | EmaHlubini |
The Hlubi people or AmaHlubi are an Nguni ethnic group of Southern Africa, with the majority of population found in KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa.
List of AmaHlubi kings
| RULER | BIRTH | DEATH | DURATION OF RULE |
|---|---|---|---|
| ● KING MOYAZANA KANDLOZELA | 1179 | 1265 | 1202 TO 1265 |
| ● KING TIBANE KAMOYAZANA | 1244 | 1298 | 1265 TO 1298 |
| ● KING CHIBI KATIBANE | 1272 | 1329 | 1298 TO 1329 |
| ● KING HLUBELO KACHIBI | 1291 | 1343 | 1329 TO 1343 |
| ● KING BHUNGANE 1ST KAHLUBELO | 1323 | 1361 | 1343 TO 1361 |
| ● KING FULATHELILANGA KABHUNGANE 1ST | 1340 | 1385 | 1362 TO 1385 |
| ● KING NGELENGELE KAFULATHELILANGA | 1361 | 1425 | 1385 TO 1425 |
| ● KING DLOMO 1ST KANGELENGELE | 1386 | 1448 | 1425 TO 1448 |
| ● KING SIDWABASENKOMO KADLOMO 1ST | 1412 | 1477 | 1448 TO 1477 |
| ● KING HADEBE 1ST KASIDWABASENKOMO | 1434 | 1495 | 1477 TO 1495 |
| ● KING MHLUBI KAHADEBE 1ST | 1459 | 1517 | 1495 TO 1517 |
| ● KING MHUNTU KAMHLUBI | 1487 | 1531 | 1517 TO 1531 |
| ● KING MPEMBE KAMHUNTU | 1508 | 1558 | 1531 TO 1558 |
| ● KING MHLANGA KAMPEMBE | 1530 | 1580 | 1558 TO 1580 |
| ● KING MUSI KAMHLANGA | 1551 | 1614 | 1580 TO 1614 |
| ● KING MASOKA KAMUSI | 1574 | 1636 | 1614 TO 1636 |
| ● KING MTHIMKHULU 1ST KAMASOKA | 1595 | 1655 | 1636 TO 1655 |
| ● KING MANDLENKOSI KAMTHIMKHULU 1ST | 1629 | 1673 | 1655 TO 1673 |
| ● KING HADEBE 2ND KAMTHIMKHULU 1ST | 1642 | 1707 | 1673 TO 1707 |
| ● KING DLOMO 2ND KAHADEBE 2ND | 1668 | 1727 | 1707 TO 1727 |
| ● KING MASHIYA KADLOMO 2ND | 1693 | 1744 | 1727 TO 1744 |
| ● KING NTSELE KAMASHIYA | 1722 | 1775 | 1744 TO 1775 |
| ● KING BHUNGANE 2ND KANTSELE | 1753 | 1801 | 1775 TO 1801 |
| ● KING MTHIMKHULU 2ND KABHUNGANE 2ND | 1778 | 1819 | 1801 TO 1819 |
| ● KING MPANGAZITHA KABHUNGANE 2ND | 1786 | 1826 | 1819 TO 1826 |
| ● PRINCE MAHWANQA KABHUNGANE 2ND {▪Regent▪} | 1783 | 1832 | 1826 TO 1832 |
| ● KING DLOMO 3RD KAMTHIMKHULU 2ND | 1814 | 1839 | 1832 TO 1839 |
| ● KING LANGALIBALELE 1ST KAMTHIMKHULU 2ND | 1818 | 1889 | 1839 TO 1889 |
| ● KING MANDINZA KALANGALIBALELE 1ST | 1866 | 1910 | 1889 TO 1910 |
| ● KING TATAZELA KAMANDINZA | 1887 | 1956 | 1910 TO 1956 |
| ● PRINCE MSHIKASHIKA KATATAZELA {▪Regent▪} | 1832 | 1968 | 1956 TO 1968 |
| ● PRINCE JONISENI KATATAZELA {▪Regent▪} | 1938 | 1981 | 1968 TO 1974 |
| ● KING LANGALIBALELE 2ND KATATAZELA | 1948 | Alive | 1974 TO PRESENT DATE |
Origins
The Hlubi, similar to other current Southern African nations, originate from Central Africa. They moved as part of the eMbo people’s southern migration. More specifically, they are said to originate from the people known as the Shubi. The Shubi can still be found today in Congo and some parts of Rwanda and Tanzania.
Language
The AmaHlubi speak a dialect closely related to the Ama Swati language, one of the Tekela languages in the Nguni branch of the Bantu language family.
The Hlubi (AmaHlubi) dialect is endangered and most Hlubi speakers are elderly and illiterate. There are attempts by Hlubi intellectuals to revive the language and make it one of the eleven recognised languages in South Africa.[1]
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hlubi people.
References
- ^ "Isizwe SamaHlubi: Submission to the Commission on Traditional Leadership Disputes and Claims: Draft 1" (PDF). July 2004. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
Further reading
- Henry Masila Ndawo (1939). Iziduko zama-Hlubi. Lovedale Press.
- Henry Masila Ndawo (1945). Ibali lama Hlubi. Lovedale Press. hdl:10962/47224.
- Andrew Hayden Manson. The Hlubi and the Ngwena Clan in a colonial society, 1848–1877. s.n. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- Alfred T. Bryant (1965). Olden times in Zululand and Natal: containing earlier political history of the Eastern-Nguni clans. C. Struik.
- John Henderson Soga (1930). The south-eastern Bantu: (Abe-Nguni, Aba-Mbo, Ama-Lala-Nguni ). The Witwatersrand university press.
- John Britten Wright; Andrew Manson (1983). The Hlubi Kingdom in Zululand-Natal: a history. Ladysmith Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-620-06178-0.
- John William Colenso (1875). Langalibalele and the AmaHlubi Kingdom: being remarks upon the official record of the trials of the King, his sons and Induna, and other members of the AmaHlubi Nation. tribe.
- Paul Maylam (1986). A history of the African people of South Africa: from the early Iron Age to the 1970s. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-37511-9.
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