Top 5 African leaders.

These are the leaders I feel made a monumental difference in the African continent & made improvements for the betterment of their people as well as Africans in general:

1) Hannibal: I feel this man is the original King Cetshwayo, he fought against the Roman Empire inflicting devastating defeats. He was a general in the Carthage military. I feel his name has echoed throughout history for a reason & should continue to be immortalized through the ages.

2) Akhenaten / Amenhotep IV: I, actually, did not believe that Egypt had black Pharoahs but to my surprise, they did. Egypt was conquered by an African tribe called the Nubians from further up the Nile.

3) Sankara.

4) Idi Amin: I feel Idi Amin Dada challenged the inferiority complex that is so frequently bestowed upon Africans. Even if some claim that he was mad, I think he turned the tables on the global status quo. When Africans were thought of as obedient & submissive to other races, he refused to be the common obedient & submissive African that the world is so used to.

5) Kofi Annan: The first black leader of the UN & a shining example of what a black male could be with some direction.

History of the Mpofana by Mthoko M. Mpofana

I'm not very traditional, I'm more straightforward & basic & often disregard cultural nuances so this history of the Mpofana tribe is going to be as direct & concise as possible. Growing up, I grew up knowing that the clan praises or izithakazelo of the Mpofana are "Zulu" & "Ntombela", I never questioned that. What I know now for sure is that there's a lot more that's hidden in history. What I keep seeing being repeated from various sources is that the Mpofana were part of the Amazizi (or AmaTiti) tribe. I now know that in the midlands & perhaps further north, up to the northwestern parts of KZN, they use the greeting "MaZizi okuhlala", perhaps alluding to the fact that the Mpofana as well as other Amazizi tribes were among the original tribes to settle in present-day KZN from 200 AD onwards & the "Dlamini" praise or greeting was used among all Dlamini tribes i. e. the Amahlubi, Amazizi (Mtiti), Hlangwini...

The modern Zulu language.

I always wondered which of the many Zulu dialects modern Zulu is & always thought it was Hlubi (isiMbo) & according to this thesis by a Mr. Isaac Sibusiso Kubeka written in what was apparently 1979, we see modern Zulu is more the original Ntungwa dialect. The Mthethwa dialect (isiLala) that was likely spoken by King Shaka looks more a Tsonga dialect from a Zulu-speaker's perspective. Despite the "Zulu area" speaking many dialects, I'm of the belief that these dialects were mutually intelligible & similar for the most part. This is the only way these Nguni tribes from southern Mozambique up to Umzimvubu River & inland into the Drakensberg Mountains up to Gauteng could understand each other because I, genuinely, think that it was seldom that an African travelled to a land where he couldn't speak the local language in precolonial times. Mild differences between Zulu dialects. Writing Zulu I remember reading a book written in 1930 by ...

Sentiments on Eswatini...

I have never been to Eswatini , yet I appreciate it's existence. I appreciate Swazi history & appreciate it's importance in the history of south-east Africa. I'll always promote Swazi products & wishes as if I am Swazi myself. I appreciate the fact that, both as African & Ngoni, Eswatini is the last absolute monarchy in Africa. East African countries in general (as well as some central & west African countries) are close to my heart because I believe we share a common history so even if I were to obtain any real power, east African countries will still be seen as family to me albeit distant family. From our flags, physical appearance, languages & mutual intelligibility; I'll always know where my roots are located. Eswatini is, especially, important to me because it is said to be where my forefathers originate. So everything Swazi on media, I'll always look at as if it is done by my very own nation or countrymen. I also believe Eswat...

What's on Mthoko's mind?

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