Hlubi people

This article possibly contains original research. Please by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. (March 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Hlubi men and women at a kraal near Pietermaritzburg, 19th century

The Hlubi (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.

Hlubi kings[]

Below is a traditional estimation of the Hlubi kings that ruled from 1300 till the present day.^[1] Note that Hlubi history comes mainly from oral sources and especially the earlier estimated dates may be inaccurate.^[2]

Language[]

The amaHlubi speak a dialect closely related to the Swazi 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.

• Matiwane

References[]

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 Ngwe 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-Naguni, Aba-Mbo, Ama-Lala). The Witwatersrand university press.
• John Britten Wright; Andrew Manson (1983). The Hlubi chiefdom in Zululand-Natal: a history. Ladysmith Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-620-06178-0.
• John William Colenso (1875). Langalibalele and the amahlubi tribe: being remarks upon the official record of the trials of the Chief, his sons and Induna, and other members of the amahlubi 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.