Ceng’elihle elintamonde,
Mabhala obhala ngozipho abanye bebhala ngepensela,
Bozini,
Khongisa,
Dodoza,
Makhiwane,
Khala lembube elikhany’entabeni zokhahlamba,
Ntamonde ingaba mfisha yeza nonina,
Ukholokholo isibongo esingabongwa ngabaLandakazane,
Amalala alala nomunwe emuva avuke ancinde akhomb’izulu kwafiphal’ilanga,
Babuz’abakhunkuli bathi ubhula ngani abanye bebhula ngamathambo!

Abanye bathi:

Mngoma

Cenge lihle elintamonde

Ingaba mfushane yeza nonina

Wena kaCenge odlela emcengezini

Makhiwane

Mabhala ngozipho abanye bebhala ngepensela

Khongisa

Dodoza

Madlela kaBozini

Mashiya amahle angathi azoshumayela kungeyena uNgcobo

Khala lembube elikhanyis’ ezintabeni zoKhahlamba

Mageba- Zitha

Wena wakwaZithimbili wakwa Maqoqo

AMalala alala nomunwe emuva avuke ancinde akhombe izulu kufiphal’ ilanga

Babuz’abakhunkululi bathi ubhula ngani abanye babhula ngamathambo

UKholokholo isibongo esingabongwa abalandakazana

Royalty from Mngoma last name

John Mngoma (Zulu Historian)
Renowned Zulu orator and historian, well versed in Zulu history and oral traditions. He was a close friend of Nelson Mandela during Mandela’s time in Johannesburg in the early 1940s. Mngoma would spend hours relating historical episodes from the Zulu past to Mandela, preserving and transmitting royal history through oral tradition. He is remembered for his story about the meeting between King Shaka Zulu and the first white missionary to visit his kingdom, where he defended Shaka’s intelligence against colonial portrayals of the king as a “blood thirsty savage.” His work as a custodian of Zulu oral history represents the important role of izimbongi (praise poets) and historians in preserving royal lineage and cultural memory.[citation:7]