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Mathebula-Valoyi.Net Youtube channel link for the Matsebula-Mkholo Clan Oral History Project

Hi guys To the readers of this blog, Matsebula-Mkholo/Mkholo-Matsebula, as admin and publisher I would like to dedicate this YouTube channel to provide you with audio and video files to spread African culture, specifically Southern African culture which predates European arrivals into this region. To access Mathebula-Valoyi.Net, follow this link (copy and paste into your browser): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYaY0-kyY0lf_q5PYFq1AvQ/featured  Thank you for your support guys. Feel free to comment on the blog or make video requests. Mathebula, MuLozwi, Kalanga, Munyai, Mwali!!
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Matsebula Clan Oral History Project (by S.O Matsebula)

This essay will be discussing Matsebula History. Mkholo is a hero of the Matsebula clan, which has an intimate relationship with the Dlamini peoples. The Matsebula clan is currently found in eSwatini and Mpumalanga province (with other Matsebula's found in KwaZulu Natal, Mozambique and Zimbabwe with deffferent spellings which sound similar, such as the Mathebula spelling). In Tsonga oral history, it is said that when the maShangane, a Langa/Zwide/Ndwandwe Nguni group encountered the Mathebula stronghold in the Lowveld, Krugar National Park. One of the areas occupied by this clam is in the Lower where the Sabi Rest Camp is situated. These people go by the name Mathebula, a nickname given to the Makhuva/Makhuba/Rozwi/Gulukhulu/Gwambe/Valoyi/Baloyi of Great Zimbaoe. This nickname spread to become what it is today, Matsebula-Mkholo, who is brown all over. It is suggested that Mkholo means Ancestor, the Rozwi language refers to Makholo as Parents/Ancetors. The Nguni hybrid version call...
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