Njelele: Our shrine together
By Julius Sai Mutyambizi-Dewa (posted on different sites — original source unclear) I am a direct descendant of Emperor Netjasike, the last King of the Lozwi/Rozvi/BaNyai[Kalanga]. My greater...
View ArticleCorrecting the Settlement History of Bakalanga
by Abel A. Mabuse Sunday Standard Over the last two months, I have read with shock and sometimes disdain at some apparent confusion surrounding the settlement history of Bukalanga. Since December 2012,...
View Article‘Recognise minor languages to revive culture’
by SHINGIRAI MADONDO, Reprinted from MmegiOnline FRANCISTOWN: The Botswana government has been urged to recognise all the spoken languages to help revive the seemingly dying culture in the country....
View ArticleAnother look at Domboshaba cultural festival and Bakalanga heritage
by Bawumbe wa Chiwidi, repr. Sunday Standard This paper provides a critique of the Domboshaba Festival of Culture and History. The opinions raised here result from a critical evaluation of objectives...
View ArticleDomboshaba cultural festival and Bakalanga Heritage: A rejoinder
by Kangangwani Phatshwane, Sunday Standard Domboshaba Cultural Trust (DCT) wishes to respond to an article (titled Another look at Domboshaba cultutral festival and Bakalanga heritage – Part 1) which...
View ArticleAnother look at Domboshaba Cultural Festival and Bakalanga heritage (Part II)
by Bawumbe wa Chiwidi, Sunday Standard This article provides further discussion on the Domboshaba Cultural Festival and Bakalanga heritage. Admittedly, this discussion appears to have angered some...
View ArticleWho are the Kalanga, or Bakalanga, BaNambya and Vhavenda?
by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo (repr. from ZimEye) One day not many years ago whilst passing by the Plumtree District Hospital, I overheard two men arguing about the people bearing the surname ‘Moyo’....
View ArticleKaranga, Kalanga originally from the same area?
t is easy to note the linguistic similarities between Kalanga and Karanga languages. Ordinarily, where the Karanga use the letter “r” in a word, the Kalanga use “l”. This linguistic relationship,...
View ArticleEnter the Libilibi
GOSSIPING is one of the popular activities that idle minds drift into to kill time. It involves casual engagement in discussions about others and it is usually spiced with some falsehoods or...
View ArticleThe Kalanga Origins of the Thembu and Nelson Mandela Revealed
by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo (repr. from Bulawayo24) Alan Dershowitz notes his feelings about his Jewish identity when he was a Yale law student: “When I went home for the Jewish holidays, I told my...
View ArticleStop tribalism
Reporter Portia Ngwako of Botswana’s The Voice recently boarded the Block 8 Route 4 combi from game city when they found a traffic cop controlling the movement of traffic on the road. The naughty...
View ArticleRole of culture, the missing link to sustainable development
By Ntandoyenkosi Dumani (Development practitioner and cultural activist) The development of marginalised and poor communities has been a phenomenon pursued by various development partners the world...
View ArticleTjiKalanga atjitotukana, atjitotolikiwa
Ndi Ntando Dumani Andite ndili mhihha yendebo kakale andina luzibo gungapani nekwebuKalanga, tjiKalanga nebaKalanga koga ndotongo zwibhuzwa kuti apa kuyi tjiKalanga (lulimi) kobviwani. Mumwa luzibo...
View ArticleCall for Nominations
ATTENTION: KLCDA Members Date: 7 March 2016 The above subject matter refers, This is a call for KLCDA members to nominate members to hold positions in the Executive Committee as well as in the Board of...
View ArticleKalanga Writers to Launch 5 Books
BaKalanga abazozwibiga pasi, bakulukugwi bakabe belebesa kuti “Wasudza mankuku ndewalibulaya, walimenha masiba loobuya likasinila amwe!” Hawo ke masiba osinila ! The Kalanga Language and Cultural...
View ArticleLuswingo Heritage Site
Luswingo heritage site lies 36 km North of Plumtree Town in Zimbabwe on a hill by the riverbank of Thekwane River at Tokwana Village in Bulilima. Luswingo was built by BaKalanga in their...
View ArticleWho are the Kalanga, or Bakalanga, BaNambya and Vhavenda?
by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo (repr. from ZimEye) One day not many years ago whilst passing by the Plumtree District Hospital, I overheard two men arguing about the people bearing the surname ‘Moyo’....
View ArticleKaranga, Kalanga originally from the same area?
t is easy to note the linguistic similarities between Kalanga and Karanga languages. Ordinarily, where the Karanga use the letter “r” in a word, the Kalanga use “l”. This linguistic relationship,...
View ArticleEnter the Libilibi
GOSSIPING is one of the popular activities that idle minds drift into to kill time. It involves casual engagement in discussions about others and it is usually spiced with some falsehoods or...
View ArticleThe Kalanga Origins of the Thembu and Nelson Mandela Revealed
by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo (repr. from Bulawayo24) Alan Dershowitz notes his feelings about his Jewish identity when he was a Yale law student: “When I went home for the Jewish holidays, I told my...
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