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1.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
In chapter 2 Ngubane very well deals with the naming practice amongst Western and African peoples. Defining onomestics as the science of naming has made readers of this thesis very clearer as to what is exactly meant by the term "ONOMASTICS". The connection between the name bearer, name giver and society and culture are simply put to make the concept of onomastics clearer. Ngubane (2000:31-76) when dealing with the personal naming practices, discusses the following sub-themes:
a) Naming people -Western personal naming practices - page 31.
b) African naming practice - Traditional personal naming practices on the African Continent, Common Nguni - Specific naming practices, and
c) Zulu - specific naming practices - This whole concept makes it clear as to what naming practices are about.
Ngubane (2000:90) constitutes an analytical discussion of the data gathered in both rural and urban areas in K waZulu-Natal during 1998 and 1999. When dealing with this section of his thesis, N gubane did not fail himself by not referring to the work of earlier researchers such as Suzman (1994), Koopman 1986 in particular; Dickens (1985) and Xaba (1993). The examples that Ngubane gives in chapter 4 from page 94 to page 141 vividly corresponds with what is exactly discussed and the art of putting it is superlative.
In chapter 5, Ngubane finally deals with the findings on current trends in Zulu naming practices, such as birth practices in rural areas, birth records in Durban hospitals, the way of shifts in naming practices among the poor urban and rural communities.
data collection. The genealogy tree will be discussed in Chapter 4 from Mnguni I down to Simangenduku. For history and genealogy, we have a traceable origin of the Shangase people, Bryant (1929:479-496).
Chapter 4 will deal with the data analysis which includes the personal names - an anthronymic study which looks at how personal names are given (Koopman 1979a & b, and Moller, 1995), place names - a toponymic study which looks at the naming of places (Koopman 1983 and Jenkins, 1994), and syntactico - semantic analysis, which deals with the structure, sentence and meaning of praise names, Mzolo (1977), Cope (1968) and Koopman (1987b). Notably, in this thesis, is the linguistic onomastico - semantic outlay of the above-mentioned onomastic elements.
The thesis will provide the legitimacy of the researcher through family tree of the Shangase tribe. It will further indicate that the Shangase tribe is located in the province.
of KwaZulu-Natal, at Ndwedwe District, at the territory called Thafamasi (K waShangase).
The researcher is mostly interested in this study because, as a member of the Shangase community, he has a thorough knowledge of the Shangase clan is located. A bigger group of the Shangase clan is concentrated at Thafamasi, Mkhizwana and Wosi, while the smaller groups are found at Mnambithi, Mthunzini, Lovu, Mzimkhulu, Harding, Mzumbe and Mthwalume. The Thafamasi and Mkhizwana areas have both "Ubukhosi"
(Chiefdom) of the same Majestic and Original Stalk. The researcher belongs directly to the Third House of the First House where inkosi is born, and he would like to contribute to the Shangase tribe by recovering some of the forgotten and unrecorded history, genealogy and names of the ancestors (some of whom are founders) of the Shangase clan. This is in collaboration with the history of the Zulu people. The researcher himself is born of a third wife, iQadi of iNdlunkulu House. He is therefore, the rightful heir to the chieftainship of the Shangase Royal Family and its tribe, and can be able to differentiate between proto and contemporary naming practices within the Shangase
people to identify themselves and realize the importance of knowing about the man called "SHANGASE" and how each one of them is directly related to him and to the
"KINGDOM OF THE ORIGINAL STALK".
The Shangase and the Ngcobo clans belong to the Tonga-Nguni branch of the Nguni family and to the Tekela - speaking group, while the Zulu clan belongs to the Ntungwa- Nguni brand of the Nguni family and to the Zunda - speaking group, Bryant (1929) 233- 234). The language that Lalas spoke was slightly different from that spoken by the Zulu clans. But, by Shaka's time, the Tekela Language (Shangase and others, lost its characteristics and resumed the use of the Zulu - Language (Zulu and others) habits and speech. Vumizitha, son of Mthebe, of Mnguni I had a wife (KaMlimi) and two sons Mkheshane and Ngcobo, but his sons have since filled the land. Mkheshane with his wife Nokuthela (MaMthethwa), built the Shangase clan until it became a big tribe which remained a sub-category of the large Zulu Nation.
The Shangase tribe later settled at the Tukela Valley where they were nearly swept by Shaka in 1821-1823 but had already gone and established themselves above the Nyuswa clan with the Wosiyana clan on the Ntolowane stream. Mshiyane, son of Shuku, of Mvula, of Tomane, of Majola of Mkheshane, the rightful head was in isolation on the North bank of the lower Mngeni. From Native Chief, he raised himself to the rank of
"BRITISH SERVANT" in 1824 when he was with the British Pioneers in Durban. The stray Shangase tribe regathered and Mshiyane was promoted to "DISTRICT CHIEF" in recognition of his valuable services under the British Government. The whole history of the Shangase Clan will be given in detail in chapter 2 of this thesis. (See Bryant,
1929:496 and Ngubane, 1998:1).
All the amakhosi, prior to Mnguni I, are not known by their actual names, they are only referred to as "IZINYANDEZULU" (green snakes) who were also all clothed by
"IMBATHAMAKHOSI". The genealogy tree of.the "AMakhosi" of the Shangase clan from top down stand as follows:
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THE SHANGASE GENEOLOGY TREE MNGUNI1
MTHEBE
VUMIZITHA
MKHESHANE HEIR (RULED)
1400 AD
1500 AD
1600 AD
NGCOBO (RULED)
MKHESHANE (SHANGASE) 1600 AD
/ / \~
GU~ NDLA~KA MAJOLA MUNTUYEDWA (PASSED A WAY) (RULED) (PRINCE)
5. MAJOLA (HEIR RULED)
6. ~TOMA~
MVULA NZAMA
(HEIR RULED) (IKHOHLO - 2ND HOUSE)
7.
/MVULA~
SHUKU NZUKELA
(HEIR RULED) (IKHOHLO -2ND HOUSE)
8.
/SHUKU~
MSHIYANE NDABIVELILE
(HEIR RULED) (IQADI - 3RD HOUSE)
9.
~M)HIYAN'Z~
MNGUNI II LUSAPHO YIYI MTHUBI MAQADI SOHLOZI