iNyosi Buzetsheni Mkhohliseni Mdletshe - Day 1
Date: 9 June 2022
Location: KwaCeza
Interview with long-serving Zulu Royal household Praise singer Buzetsheni Mdletshe.
Mdletshe has served in the role for the past 46 years and has an incredible wealth of knowledge about Zulu history and Culture. Although he was officially given the title of praise singer in 2001, Mdletshe first recited the king’s praise publicly in 1974 during the wedding of the king’s daughter in the absence of his then praise singer.
Buzetsheni Mdletshe fell in love with the art of praise singing when he was a little boy. He says his young self, with no opportunity to go to school, never thought his dream of becoming a praise singer would come true.
But today he is the official praise singer of the Zulu monarch. He would not call it a job though. For Mdletshe, it’s a gift.
“When I sing the praises it’s like a sangoma who is entered by the spirit of ancestors. A spirit needs to enter you. Anyone can read the praises in books, but you need to have that gift that is given to you by the spirits that guide your praises,” he told Times Select.
His gift of praise singing was quite literally handed to him on a plate.
“My love for praise poetry started when I was very young. I remember when my brother brought home a commemorative plate that had all the praise names of king DinuZulu and King Solomon. I was instantly hooked.”
Mdletshe has been the official praise singer for the monarch for well over a decade and is tasked with introducing the king at events and public gatherings.
“The praise names of the old kings never change. You always introduce the king with the praise names of the kings who once sat on his throne,” explained Mdletshe.
“Once he is done speaking, you can then sit him down with his own praises and could also add something about what you saw during the journey,” he added.
Although he was officially given the title of praise singer in 2001, Mdletshe first recited the king’s praise publicly in 1974 during the wedding of the king’s daughter in the absence of his then praise singer.
“It was very difficult for me to be silent since I knew every single word of the king’s praise songs, and on His Majesty’s arrival to the wedding, I saw an opportunity and grabbed it with both hands. Since then I never looked back.”
One of the highlights of Mdletshe’s career was his first trip overseas to Coker College, in South Carolina, US, where the king received an honorary doctorate in law. “In 1999, he took me on my first overseas trip to America, where he was receiving an honorary doctorate. When I did his praises in a room full of American students, everyone was very impressed even though they couldn’t understand what I was saying, they knew it was important and that’s the power of praise poetry,” said Mdletshe.
Praise poetry is deeply rooted in African culture and is practised to praise the character of kings and chiefs as well as to call upon and give thanks to past kings. Mdletshe described praise singing as a trance-like state.
“When I sing the praises it’s like a sangoma who is entered by the spirit of ancestors. A spirit needs to enter you. Anyone can read the praises in books, but you need to have that gift that is given to you by the spirits that guide your praises,” he said.
Having grown up in KwaCeza, a small community in northern KwaZulu-Natal, the 63-year-old never thought he would ever be able to share his gift on an international stage.
“Being a praise poet has been a huge blessing for me. Who would have known that someone who didn’t even go to school would one day end up singing the king’s praises from the top of mountains across the world?”
Mdletshe will be one of the headline acts at the 22nd annual Poetry Africa festival in Durban, a platform he wishes to use to pass on his knowledge of praise poetry.
“I want to pass this down not only to my children but to the entire Zulu nation because back in the day there was not a single man who couldn’t praise the kings. I want to highlight that, wherever you are, if you have a passion and the gift of praise poetry you must also give praise when you enter the royal house,” he said.
“We need to instil in generations to come the importance of singing the king’s praises. They need to be perceived and spoken like the days of our ancestors so that when we sing these praises the kings who are no longer here can hear that we are their great-grandchildren,” he added.
The festival will be taking place from October 15 to October 20 and will include the likes of South African legend Gcina Mhlophe, Malawian storyteller/author Upile Chisala and award-winning writer and actress Lebo Mashile.
Source: 15 October 2018 - Lwandile Bhengu - Sunday Times
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🐅🐆🙌 ngomane deserves an Honorary doctorate he is too much
@ayandashadows7851
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Department of Arts n Culture please honor dis man
@mzothulemsezane2703
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Absolutely,he is an expert when it’s coming to our history ,nesiko lika Zulu ,Siyabonga kakhulu kubahleli bale interview ,umlando lo that must be keep for the next generation ukuze isizwe sihlezi siwazi umlando,we are green for the best interview ,God may bless ubaba UNgoMane Nyosi Yesilo ❤️🔥💫💫🙏
@thembonjanimathonsi3189
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Seconded
@nonhlanhlaxaba6687
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Exactly
@gloriatshabalala2847
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You have nailed it. Kumele athwes'ziqu owaseMdletsheni.
Ugwansile lo Mbele ngaze ngasutha , Siyabonga Ngomane!
Baba uBuzetsheni Mdletshe sikuchoma uphaphe lweGwalagwala ume njalo nje uthunyiwe kwelamathongo ukuba uzoba inqolobane yomlando wobukhosi bakwaZulu
Subtitle English bakwethu. The world needs to hear this.. especially the truth of our history
@nonhlanhlamzimela-su1hb
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Ngeke ukubone lokho
Our assets, our heritage umuhle baba mdletshe.
Yazi ukuzwa lomlando onje ukwenza uziqaje ngokuba uZulu...Iwona lo okufanele siwuxoxele abantwana bethu.
@Bongz90
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Nyambose; do you never feel sad that isizwe sakini kwa Mthethwa esasi sikhulu ukudlula uZulu saginywa nguye uZulu?.. do you never feel sad that naningamakhosi manje ningaba fokazana?
what a rich history may God bless the old man
Bayede Nkosi Mdletshe🙏🏾Sibonge ukuphila kwakho. Ngingenze njani ukuxhumana nawe? Ngenhlonipho enkulu.
Salute baba Mdletshe nkosi kuphilise sisakudinga mpilweni zethu
Msindazwe uyinqolobane yesizwe samaZulu,umoya wamathonga esizwe samazulu noMvelinqangi akubusise
Please post up more videos like this, they offer us valuable information that we need to know.
@thethwayon
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iqiniso lelo
Siyabonga ukuncela Kini nisaphila ngolando wakithi singa lokhu sifunda ezincwadini.
Ngiyathokozzla ngomlando bobaba ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️👏🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙏😇ngifunde lukhulu👏🙌🙌🙌🙏😇
A walking library much respect.
Siyathokoza Babu Mdletshe 🙏🙏
This is truly amazing. What an incredible man Bab' Mdletse is
Siyabonga baba Mdletshe, Wasiklezisa ummbele ogqansile, sakholwa
Sibonge Baba Nyosi yesizwe, noma ngiyizwe sekudlule unyaka lenkulumo, kahle kahle ubaba uMdletshe akabe nohlelo komabonakude and kakhulu ekhozini. Akezibuyele emasikweni. Kuningi okumele sikufundiswe siyisizwe. Akekusukume wena nsizwa wena ntombi wena ngane ngisho omama nobaba amakhehla nogogo kesiyokhala esilweni sethu. Ngempela uma singakulandeli lokhu lihambile izwe.
Mmmh what a history 👏 siyabonga baba Ngomane
Siyazibongela Ngomane , sengathi lomlando ungaqoshwa futhi ufundiswe izingane.
Siyabonga ngo mlando 🙏
Ewu kunini sayilindela ingosi efana nalena. Mdletshe🙌🏾
Seeing how some of this is portrayed on Shaka iLembe is incredible! You can clearly tell there was proper research and consultation done by the production TV. It was also great seeing Bab'uMdletshe appear on the marvelous TV showpiece.
Ngomane 💖💖🙏🇿🇦
Hhiya isicace bha le yobukhosi baKwaZulu. Impela usecacisile uNgomane ukuthi yiSilo inkosi UMisuZulu.
Msindazweeeee
Siyabonga Ngomane, ngefundiso zakho s
What a History 😍😍
Msindazwe!!!!Ume njalo!!!!
Siyabonga kakhulu!
Msindazwe!
Siyabonga 🙌🏾
Asithokoze Ngomane...🙏
Siyathokoza emadletsheni ngokusigcinela wena nyosi yamakhosi
EMbo khona kukuphi, is that central Africa, now known as DRC? I look at all Bantu languages spoken in the DRC like KiSwahili and Lingala, with so many common words with similar meaning in isiZulu.
Bab’uMsindazwe 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Ngomane omkhulu❤❤
Ngomane 💪🏿
Is it a coincidence that in Sudan, now South Sudan, which is at Enkabazwe geographically, their capital city is Juba? Ubaba uNgomane uthi indlu yethu yaseNkabazwe kwakusa seJuba, akuyona leyoJuba nje?
Siyabonga🙌🙏
This man is unique, pure wisdom
Hut the sound of your mics guys are not well set, your did not well set your sittings, we struggle to listen to some questions from while the all the responses kababa uMdletshe are very clear. Thank you so much for this interview and the whole information collected, Mr Mdletshe is very rich and resourcesful, siyazibongela kuye naNklunklu wethu kakhulu 🙏
Sybonga ngomani sikleza kogwansile ngampela wena wasesayini
Ngomane 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Mfuyi wamatshe abanye bafuye izinkomo
Ngomane 🙏
siyabonga baba Mdletshe ngobuhlakani bakho, kodwa ayi amadoda akubuzayo ayaziqhenya why vele ekhuluma kancane mayebuza imibuzo, nxa ayi suka
@taptvnetwork3106
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Ngicabanga ukuthi isizathu yi-microphone ibheke kubaba uMdletshe bona bangemumva kwayo.
Bakwethu!
uBaba deserves to be well taken care of and more comfortable than this.
@SinakoMxabo
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I watched one of his videos tour guiding tourists arround KwaCeza Caves. He cried and complained from KwaZulu government that they do not care about history of their nation. If they fail to take care of their history, do you think they can take care of Msindazwe.
I also support inyosi/ubaba uMdletshe when he said the Zulu throne does not belong to the Zulu family but it belongs to the Zulu nation, even ILembe did not have his own family in high ranking position , Ngomane, Mzilikazi, Mdlaka, Ndlela, ZIhlandlo, Sotobe, Ngqengelele, Sihayo... there are not Zulu by surname
Kubuhlungu ukuthi manje osopolitiki bazama ngayo yonke indlela ukuqeda ubukhosi bakwaZulu namagugu aso,ukufeza izinhloso zabo zokudayisa izwe, abanye babo baze bathi akuphele ukuhlolwa kwezintombi kuqwedwe nomkhosi womhlanga
Bengicela inombolo kamkhulu uMsindazwe
Nakhu okwethu engabe kuyafundwa.
Wamzilela na
❤❤❤❤❤❤
Kepha iphi elandelayo
Hello, is there an English translation for this beautiful piece?
Umlando onothile
Akwande
❤️🖤💚✊🏿
No surprise ke amabhunu ephethe umnotho kulolonke elikaMthaniya
UBhakuza yena weqiwa kanji ngoba ngicabang kuthi ilembe laqala kuye lithumela ungwadi laseliya kuSgujana
msindazwe, zalakwande
@xolanidladla-js6jw
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Sibonge baba Ngomane umvelinqangi akwandisele insuku zokuphila sisakudinga
NIFUNA I English NINGAMAZULU
Siyabonga
1:32:40 😂phuzani amanzi
UMntwana uSojiyisa kaJama was actually the result Of an incest, his mother was the daughter of Mntwana uFakazi kaMageba from eSihlungu one of Inkosi UMageba house, which made her and inkosi uJama kaNdaba the grandchildren of iNkosi uMageba kaZulu.
I appreciate the account of the Honourable Inyosi BUT I think we now need brave ppl in the Zulu Royal family who want to put an end to the speculation about the paternity of the Mandlakazi Clan. Most of the history is unfounded because theres significant infighting within these families and so many mistakes have been made about the paternity of certain ppl in mere speculation. B4 we further subvert our history, analyse the DNAof the ppl u r suspicious of.
@siyandamazibukoonlife3611
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What will the paternity of the Mandlakazi clan change ngoba iNkosi uJama acknowledged uSojiyisa as his son regardless of that aspect? Aniyekeni ukuxova izwe
@siyandamazibukoonlife3611
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Respect the wishes of abantu abadala and stop hiding behind initials. Ngisho neLembe acknowledged and liked ubabomncane wakhe uSojiyisa when he rewarded him for defeating abantu bakwa Ndwandwe.
@KM-lg7wv
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@@siyandamazibukoonlife3611 1. it would help everyone INVOLVED know the real truth and stop rambling about hearsay. 2. It has a significant bearing on the dignity and the NAME of generations of past and present royal members and their Respective households. 3. It has d potential of rewriting and reshaping the trajectory of our history. 4. It will help to remove the leverage by which our enemies have always invoked to encroach the Zulu territory as a nation and to divide the Royal Unit. 5. D advent of socialmedia has eroded d basic reverence Africans had for their elders, enabling anyone a take on issues that would not have been within d prerogative of non Royals to discuss, clearing this HEARSAY issue would cut our ROYALS some slack on their diminishing prestige. U really need to think beyond hate, our generation has a duty to pick up d pieces.. and rebuild d puzzle.
@mthokozisicele7067
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K M uqonde kuyaphi nalento yakho...
☝️ pքɾօʍօʂʍ
Msindazwe!!!🙌🙌 Kodwa ngingaMthola kuphi uMkhulu asiphe umlando waseMdletsheni, Emakhowe/Ezibayeni.
Awu madoda ngaze ngaba nenhlahla ukulalela lomnotho ongaka ngomlando kaZulu.
♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️