Inkosi uFalo kaMgudlwa (uFalo unyana kaMgudlwa) wayeyiNkosi yakwa-AmaJumba Clan, yabaThembu ngaseQhumanco, eNgcobo. Indlu yakhe ibizinze eLucwecwe.
UFalo kaMgudlwa waye walawula ixesha elide njengeNkosi. Uceba wakhe oyintloko yayiligorha uMbombini Molteno kaSihele. UMbombini wayeyindoda enkulu, enoburhalarhume, enobuqhophololo nobuqhetseba. Nangona wayengafundanga, kamva ebomini uMbombini waba yimbongi yesizwe yabaThembu, nomgcini wembali yomlomo nabaThembu.
UFalo waba negalelo elikhulu ekusekeni isikhululo semishini kule ngingqi. Ngempembelelo kaMbombini, uye wafaka isandla kwi-“Mbali yabaThembu ngeNkosi uFalo uMgudlwa eQumanco” (18/06/35. McLaughlin Papers, Cory Library, Grahamstown). Umzi wakhe waba nguvimba omkhulu wembali yezizwe zabaThembu namaQwathi, kwaye ababhali bembali abafana noCronje Mlahleni Xundu bachitha ixesha ekhayeni lakhe befunda le mbali.
UKaiser Matanzima uchithe inxalenye yobuntwana bakhe emzini kaNkosi uMgudlwa {esitya amasi enkomo zendlu kaMgudlwa}.
UFalo wayeyenye yeeNkosi zokuqala zesizwe sakhe ukuguqukela kubuKrestu. Umbhali weBhunga labaThembu kamva umchaze njengonebala elimnyama ngokungaqhelekanga, uphawu lokuzalwa kunye namandla angaqhelekanga emzimbeni. Usweleke eneminyaka engama-95.
Ukubhubha kwakhe kwalandelwa ziingxabano ezininzi phakathi koonyana bakhe awabakhulisayo uQaqawuli (Qaqauli) noDaliwonga, kunye neengxabano zolandelelwano phakathi kwabantwana bakhe. Abantwana bakhe babequka uMatolo, uHarold Guleni, uColenzo, uAttwell, uIsaac, uCecil, uStormont noBuller. UMbombini, owayebekwe ityala nguFalo ekhukweni lokufa, ukuba agcine inzala yakhe, wayebandakanyeka ekusombululeni ezi ngxabano. Kweso sigqibo, uFalo walandelwa njengeNkosi ngoonyana bakhe uMasololo kunye noHarold Guleni Mgudlwa.
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