AbakwaNDLELA brief History and Origin:
AbakwaNdlela ngamaSwazi ngobuzwe.
Babemi eBovini kwaNyamenja.EBovini apho yayingumhlaba onendlala kakhulu.
Babekholisa ukuza kurweba ukudla emaHlubini, apho kwakwendele intombi yakhona, uNgiyiwe kuBungane. Baphelela ekuchithakaleleni kumaHlubi.Ngenkcithakalo yamaHlubi basinga eluSuthu kwaZicwalile nakwaMohale.
Bafuduka kwelo basinga eHeshele kwaMhlambiso kaMthimkhulu, owaye eyinkosi kwelo eseyedwa.Behlile kwelo, Beza eGriquaIand East.
Namhla uninzi lwawo lukwaLuphindo, kwaMagadla, kwaMgubo, kwaMadlangala nakwaLebenya.”
NgabakwaSigula Sagul’ enkundleni kwaMtambose.
Ohamba ngomend’ unyanyaza ngenyongo yembuzi.
NgabakwaMnyanyathek’, ababele limnandi,
Ongath’ uma uhamba ngomend’ unqwenele ukulikhwebula.
NgabakwaNongobe zinengozi,
EakwaNaka-naka ndiya khala,
AbakwaHlab’ indoda yanyel’ emphandeni.
Zizilila gazi, kant’ abanye balil’iinyembeziZizibekuza, izaala-kulandelwa.NgabakwaNyathikazi, bakwaNodabekhulu.
Yeyheni maNdlela!
Phumani eSwaziniNize nembeleko,
nize kubeleth’ umntwana
Usenkundleni yamaHlubi!
NgabakwaLudonga-dilika kade sinath’emaxhaphuzeni. “
Source: from a book titled Iziduko ZamaHlubi, Henry Masila Ndawo, The Lovedale Press, 1939
Alicia Ndlela
Thank you for the information, I’m from zimbabwe bt I was Really confused about where I’m from ,,coz in my clan names there is Ndlela,,,I really really wanted to know how did the Ndlela went to zimbabwe and why,,,who are we because we’re not ndebeles and in shona which is zimbabwe’s language there is no L and even hlubi is not a zimbabwean language
Sipho
Mna ncela ezasema jsuqwini oojileka plzz