LUSHANDUKO - THE REBIRTH OF BUKALANGA

Born on 29 March 1982 in Bulawayo and raised by his grandparents in his home District of Bulilima-mangwe, Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo completed his primary and secondary education at Tokwana Primary and Secondary Schools. He later completed a Diploma in Personnel Management graduating with Distinction with the Institute of People Management (IPMZ). Moyo later entered the Theological College of Zimbabwe (TCZ) in Bulawayo where he majored in reading Theology and Philosophy, dropping out of the College after one-and-a-half-years. Between the time of his finishing of the GCE Ordinary Level in 1999 and publishing his first book, The Rebirth of Bukalanga, in 2012, Moyo worked for the Zimbabwe postal service, Zimbabwe Posts, and the National Oil Company of Zimbabwe (Noczim) in his home town of Plumtree. He also served as a Community Organizer during this same time, organizing for the Plumtree Business Association (PBA), meanwhile serving as a Shop Steward at his workstation at Noczi...

Please note: AmaNdebele strictly means people of Nguni stock who crossed the Limpopo in the 1800s already called Matebele, from which comes the name AmaNdebele. Please note: AmaNdebele strictly means people of Nguni stock who crossed the Limpopo in the 1800s already called Matebele, from which comes the name AmaNdebele. They are mainly identifiable by their Nguni surnames, eg, Khumalo, Ndiweni, Masuku, Mathema, Khanye, etc. Since my publications on the Rebirth of Bukalanga began early last year, there has been a certain uneasiness that somehow I am bent on suppression the Ndebele and dividing the Mthwakazi Project to the benefit and perpetuation of Shona imperial rule (despite the fact that I have written widely against Shona imperial rule and published two books against it). I would like to set the record straight in this article today, especially now that last week I declared my intention to stand as an MP for Bulilima-Mangwe in the next General Election once I win the pri...

Please note: AmaNdebele strictly means people of Nguni stock who crossed the Limpopo in the 1800s already called Matebele, from which comes the name AmaNdebele . Really, what's the Problem with the Ndebele? They now want Secession from Botswana and guess what, they claim Bakalanga have no land! Guys, I don't hate Ndebeles but this is going just too far. By Ndebele I mean Nguni. See what this guy is doing in Botswana. ----------------------- Mmegi Online Tuesday, 18 December 2012 Issue: Vol.29 No.189 A man purporting to be the chief of aMandebele in Botswana is laying a claim to the North East District of Botswana (NEDB) as the homeland of aMandebele of Botswana and warns of serious consequences if allocation of plots there does not stop. The man, Nhlanhla Simon, says Kgosi Maruje III of Masunga must get out of the way because on 1 February 2013, the aMandebele of Botswana will resume their chieftainship as a way to preserve their culture and heritage. ...

If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can only be maintained for such a time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of that lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State - Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Propaganda Chief. The Questions of Identity - are the Moyo Kalanga or Shona ? One of the biggest questions of identity dogging Zimbabwe today, especially in Matebeleland, the Midlands and the Maswingo Provinces is that of the people that bear the Moyo surname. It is very common to hear the phrase, “vele bonke oMoyo ngama Shona.” Yet on the other hand in Mashonaland and Maswingo, one also hears those Moyo people, the Lozwi, or as they are known there, the Rozvi, arguing that they are a people of Kalanga stock. Of course no c...

Too many times since I began writing on the Rebirth of Bukalanga I've been attacked especially by sections of the Mthwakazi Movement accusing me of being a Zanu PF/Shona spy, agent bent on "deviding Mthwakazi", etc. am sure those who read my blogs and articles and have read my book, The Rebirth of Bukalanga, know for sure these accusations are...very untrue, neither do I "hate" the Ndebele as some in the Mthwakazi movement allege. The truth is I am seeking to overcome the predominance of the Ndebele identity (I don't apologize) in the so-called Matebeleland precisely because it has now become a liability that incapacitates the struggle for self-government and self-determination. Believe it or not, Shona arrogance is based on just one belief: "all people in Mat'land are Ndebele who recently came from Zululand and stole Shona land, cattle and women." That is what informs the Shona attitude whether you read high school history books or watc...

It is held by several authorities that the Makalangas were the dominant race in South Central Africa, with vassal kingdoms extending beyond Monomotapa itself from Congo, and Zambesia to the Orange River if not the Cape of Good Hope. Duarte Barbosa (1516) states that “the Moors of Benemotapa say there is much gold in a country very far situated in the direction of the Cape of Good Hope, in another kingdom which is subject to this King of Benemotapa – a very great lord having many kings under his vassalage. His country runs through the desert as far as Mozambique to the Cape of Good Hope.” Johnstone (1603) states that the king of Monomotapa was superior lord to all the kings of the countries extending to the Cape of Good Hope - Richard Nicklin Hall and W. G. Neal 1904. The Ancient Ruins of Rhodesia: Monomotapae Imperium. Over the last two weeks, we dealt with the issue of Bukalanga (ie is Bakalanga, Banambya and Vhavenda history and identity) in light of the manifold distortions...

"History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books - books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe" - David Brown in The Da Vinci Code. "The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate the understanding of their history" - George Orwell. The above two statements serve as a warning call on the importance of not only correctly recording history, but of each people group ensuring that it records it own history. In my recently published book, The Rebirth of Bukalanga, called an "intellectually refreshing bombshell" and "a major contribution to the written history of Zimbabwe" by retired journalist Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu in a review article in the Chronicle, I warned that we Bukalanga or Vhukalanga (that is, Bakalanga, Banambya and Vhavenda) have been complicit in the agenda that seeks to obliterate not only our languages a...