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Zemk’inkomo Magwalandini
that:
Ukufa kwamadoda amakhulu abesazi amabali ethu, loo mabali engazuzwanga kuwo
abhalwe, kube yilahleko enkulu kuthi thina maXhosa. Ngoko ke, nakuba siqale sekusemva,
sithi masesihlanganisa imvuthuluka eseleyo yaloo mabali, ukuze izizukulwana ezizayo
zazi ukuba kwakhe kwakho izizwe ezisithi. (Rubusana 2015:no page number)
The death of great men who knew our historical accounts, without us having the benefit of
being able to write down those historical accounts, has been a great loss to us amaXhosa.
As such, even if we are on the backfoot, we put together what fragments are left of those
accounts, so that generations hereafter will know of our nations. (Author’s translation).
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See also Mqhayi in Opland 2009; Lamula 1930 and Mofolo 1931.
Zinn, A. (Ed.). (2018). Whose history counts : Decolonising african pre-colonial historiography. African Sun Media.
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