place of worship The Point of Sangomar for the company Sangoma Technologies Corporation Overview A sangoma ... an individual her calling to be a Sangoma. For harmony between the living and the dead, vital ... states the Sangoma works herself into a trance, through drumming, dancing and chanting, and allows ..., providing specific information about the patients problems. It can be very dramatic, with the Sangoma ... Image Sangomas greeting.jpg thumb right 300px Sangomas greeting each other A sangoma is a practitioner .... Ancestral spirits can be the personal ancestors of the Sangoma or the patient or they might be general ... ref Helping spirits work to connect the Sangoma to the spirits that are acting to cause the affliction ... ground for their own conflicts. By using ngoma, the sangoma can create harmony between the spirits which results in the alleviation of the patient s suffering. The Sangoma may burn incense eg. a plant ... Throwing the bones or Ancestral channeling and a number of purification rituals. Image Sangoma reading the Bones.jpg thumb left 300px Sangoma performing a divination by reading the bones after being thrown ... states. A patient will come to the sangoma and the sangoma must determine what the affliction or reason why the patient has come to see the sangoma. This is usually performed through a practice called ... a hyena bone signifies a thief and will provide information about stolen objects. The Sangoma or the patient throws the bones but the ancestors control how they lie, and the Sangoma then interprets ... mutis Patients will see a Sangoma for a number of broad reasons. Because the healing is not only ..., and treated by a Sangoma. In the Cape, Black patients tend to complain of vague pains, anxieties .... Young people also consult the Sangoma to learn ways to gain good fortune for their future careers ... to be kidnapped, following the advice of a Sangoma ref John M. Janzen Self Presentation ... of medicine which may include use of ngoma, referral to a herbalist, inyanga if the sangoma does ... more details
Notability date February 2010 Infobox company company name Sangoma Technologies Corporation company logo Image Sangoma Technologies.svg company type Public company Public traded as tsxv STC company slogan Because it must work . foundation 1984 location Markham, Ontario , Canada key people David Mandelstam , Founder & Chief Executive Officer industry Telecommunications revenue increase 2.97 million Canadian Dollar CAD Q1 2009 2010 net income decrease 0.37 million Canadian Dollar CAD Q1 2009 2010 subsid Paraxip Technologies homepage http www.sangoma.com sangoma.com Sangoma Technologies Corporation Sangoma tsxv STC is a provider of voice and data connectivity components for software based communication applications. Sangoma s data cards, voice cards, gateways and connectivity software are used in PBX, IVR, contact center and data communication applications. ... more details
orphan date October 2010 John Lockley b 1971 is a Sangoma in the Xhosa people Xhosa traditions of South Africa . ref name BBC1 Cite web url http www.bbc.co.uk programmes b00mdy13 title XHOSA TRIBE JOHN LOCKLEY ref He is claims to be, arguable, one of the first white men in recent history to have entered the Xhosa tradition as a Sangoma. ref name The South African 1 Cite web url http london.thesouthafrican.com living in london After the calling dream title After the calling dream ref Lockley trained in the townships of the Eastern Cape , serving a 10 year apprenticeship with his sangoma Mum Gwevu. ref name African Shaman 1 Cite web url http www.african shaman.com wp content uploads The Sangomas Apprentice.pdf title The sangoma s apprent ce ref He has also worked closely with West African writer, Malidoma Patrice Some Malidoma Some . ref http www.african shaman.com index.php african healers unite ref File John Lockley 5.jpg thumb alt Alt text John Lockley Background John Lockley was born in Apartheid South Africa, with a band of white birth skin around the eyes argued to be the mark of a sangoma. ref name African Shaman 1 At 18, he was serving in the South African army as a medic at the end of the South African Border War with Angola in 1989 when he had a dream calling him to train as a Sangoma. Following another prophetic dream during a Buddhist retreat in the Tzaneen mountains, he ... and upon his initiation as a Sangoma, in 2007, was given the Xhosa name Ucingolwendaba ... in Yoga and Zen Buddhism ref Cite web url http www.african shaman.com title John Lockley, Xhosa Sangoma ..., he splits his time between South Africa, the USA and Europe living and working as a Sangoma ... the sangomas apprentice The Sangoma s Apprentice Spirit & Destiny June 2010 http www.african shaman.com ... epaper viewer.aspx Sangoma Lockley is a healing connector Daily News 25 ... wp content uploads sangoma cannot choose.pdf You cannot choose to be a sangoma The Star, South ... more details
062399 062399abejakwazulu.html ref Comparison with Sangoma Although the word sangoma is generally ... made from plants and animals, while a sangoma relies primarily on divination for healing purposes and might also be considered a type of fortune telling fortune teller . Because sangoma training ..., while the sangoma learns from the dead. See also Traditional African medicine Sangoma Madumo, A Man ... more details
In South Africa n English, a tagati is a Wizard fantasy wizard , witch , or a spiteful person who operates in secret to harm others or who uses use poison s and familiar spirit s to carry out harmful deeds. The term is first recorded in 1836 it derives from the Zulu language Zulu word umthakathi , being someone who mixes medicine . The word umthakathi plural abathakathi itself comes from two Zulu words thaka mix and muthi medicine . The term has gradually come to be used to refer only to negative, harmful uses of medicines derived from plants, animals and minerals. References Silva, P., ed 1996. The Oxford Dictionary of South African English , Oxford University Press . See also Sangoma Inyanga Category African shamanism ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name The Queen Of African Music Type greatest Artist Miriam Makeba Cover MMakeba Queen.jpg Released 1987 Recorded Genre world music Length Label Verlag Pl ne Producer Theo K nig Last album Comme une symphonie d amour br 1979 This album The Queen of African Music br 1987 Next album Sangoma br 1988 Welela br 1989 The Queen Of African Music is a 17 track compilation album by Miriam Makeba , released by Theo K nig, Verlag Pl ne in 1987. Track listing African Convention I Shall Sing Goodbye Poverty Mas Que Nada Murtala Chicken Kikirikiki The Lion Cries Samba Quit It We Got to Make It Jolinkomo Ndibanga Hamba Iyaguduza Click Song Malaisha Mana Ndiyalila Pata Pata DEFAULTSORT Queen Of African Music 17 Great Songs, The Category 1987 greatest hits albums Category Miriam Makeba albums ... more details
Sangoma Inyanga Traditional medicine Death of Masego Kgomo External links http www.africanholocaust.net news ah traditionalhealing.html Traditional African Healing http www.factnet.org cults Sangoma ?FACTNet Sangoma Muti South African Traditional Healers South African Witchdoctors 9 June 2009 ... more details
.jpg thumb 250px Shona people Shona traditional healer, or n anga Zimbabwe main Sangoma The witch doctors a misnomer fact date April 2012 in Africa are known as sangoma s in southern Africa. The Oxford ... also Bomoh Curandero N anga Nganga Plastic shaman Quimbanda Sangoma Shaman References reflist Further ... more details
infobox software name Yate logo Image Yate logo.svg 140px developer NullTeam latest release date release date mf yes 2012 02 21 latest release version 4.0.0 programming language C programming language C operating system Cross platform genre Voice over Internet Protocol license GNU General Public License with GPL linking exception linking exception ref cite web url http yate.ro pmwiki index.php?n Main.License title Yate license page accessdate 2011 11 30 ref website http yate.ro Yate acronym for Yet Another Telephony Engine is a free software free and open source software open source communications software with support for video, voice and instant messaging. It is an extensible, GNU General Public License GPL licensed , telephony engine mainly focused on VoIP and PSTN . ref name YateOfficial cite web url http yate.ro pmwiki index.php title Yate official page accessdate 2011 11 29 ref It is written in C , having in mind a modular design ref cite web url http yate.ro pmwiki index.php?n Main.TheYateServer title Yate server page accessdate 2012 04 16 ref , allowing the use of scripting languages like Perl , Python programming language Python or PHP to create external functionalities. ref name YateOfficial History The history of Yate dates back to 2004 when NullTeam, the company behind Yate, launched the official website. ref name NullTeamOfficial cite web url http www.null.ro title NullTeam official page accessdate 2012 04 16 ref In 2005 Sangoma Technologies Corporation Sangoma announced their support for Yate development on the Microsoft Windows platform. ref cite web url http sangoma.com about us newsroom news releases news 539357 Sangoma Technologies Supports Development Of Yate Telephony Project Under Windows.html title Sangoma Technologies supports development of Yate Project under Windows accessdate 2012 04 16 ref On May 4 2011 sipgate announced that it had chosen the Yate project for its core infrastructure. ref name SipgateYate cite web url http www.sipgate.com ... more details
dablink This article discusses the African god for other uses, see Qamata disambiguation Qamata is the most prominent god in the folklore of the Xhosa people Xhosa people of south easterm Africa. Qamata is the child of the sun god, Thixo , and the earth goddess, Jobela . There are few certain beliefs about Qamata other than that he is omnipresent and that there is no other being like him. One act that may signify worship of or respect for him involves small artificial heaps of stones scattered about the land. A traveller may often be seen adding a stone to such a heap for Qamata, in hopes of being granted luck or good fortune in whatever he happens to be thinking of at the time. Table Mountain Image Table Mountain from harbour.jpg thumb right 250px Table Mountain , as seen from the Cape Town harbour Prominent Zulu people Zulu sangoma and writer Credo Mutwa has recounted a legend of how, when Qamata wanted to create dry land, the sea dragon Nkanyamba interfered. Qamata s mother, Jobela, created four giants to help him in work and battle Nkanyamba. When Qamata s task was completed and enough dry land had been recovered, the giants were turned to stone so they could continue to keep watch over the land. The southernmost of them, Umlindi Wemingizimu watcher of the south became Table Mountain , near Cape Town , South Africa . References http cape.hotelguide.co.za storytelling table mountain.html Table Mountain Activity Guide Storytelling http www.sacred texts.com afr xft xft03.htm Theal, George McCall. Kaffir Folk lore A Selection from the Traditional Tales . 1886 London. Category African deities ... more details
Apartheid Vlakplaas is a farm 20km west of Pretoria that served as the headquarters of the South African Police counterinsurgency unit C10 later called C1 ref http www.doj.gov.za trc amntrans 1999 99041521 el 990420el.htm Testimony to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission by M. D. Ras ref working for the History of South Africa in the apartheid era apartheid government in South Africa . The C designation of the counterinsurgency unit was its official name but the whole unit became known as Vlakplaas and was commanded by Eugene de Kock . Vlakplaas functioned as a paramilitary hit squad, ref name pdfreport http www.ukzn.ac.za cae caepubs CASERole.pdf The Role of Political Violence in South Africa s Democratisation ref capturing political opponents of the apartheid government and either turning converting or executing them. The Vlakplaas farm was usually the site of multiple executions of political opponents of the apartheid government. ref http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi special report 1998 10 98 truth and reconciliation 143668.stm Truth and Reconciliation The Voice of Prime Evil BBC News ref In August 2007, it was announced by the South African Department of Science and Technology that the farm would serve a new purpose, as a centre for healing. The centre will conduct research into plants used in herbalism traditional medicine , and promote collaboration between practitioners of western medicine and sangoma traditional healers . ref http www.thetimes.co.za News Article.aspx?id 541432 Vlakplaas to become centre for healing The South African Sunday Times ref See also Bureau of State Security References references External links http www.telegraph.co.uk news main.jhtml?xml news 2001 12 17 wvlak17.xml Witch Doctors cleanse Vlakplaas http www.dispatch.co.za 1999 06 17 southafrica VLAKPLAA.HTM Vlakplaas proposed as museum http web.archive.org web 20091027104753 http geocities.com odjobman coetzee.htm Vlakplaas and the murder of Griffiths Mxenge Category Apartheid government Ca ... more details
unreferenced date September 2010 Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Welela Type Album Artist Miriam Makeba Cover Released 1989 Recorded 1989 Genre World Music World Length 45 11 Label Phonocomp, Mercury Records Mercury Producer Sipho Mabuse, Roberto Meglioli Reviews allmusic Rating 3 5 Allmusic class album id r98339 pure url yes link Last album Sangoma br 1988 The Queen of African Music br 1987 This album Welela br 1989 Next album Eyes on Tomorrow br 1991 Welela is a Miriam Makeba album mixed at Condulmer Recording Studios in Venice , Italy by Allan Goldberg of Phonocomp in 1989, except for Pata Pata which was mixed at Psycho Studio in Milan , February 1990. When date February 2011 Track listing Amampondo Miriam Makeba 5 20 African Sunset Sipho Mabuse 5 49 Djiu De Glainha Jos Carlos Schwarz 4 08 A luta continua Makeba 4 40 Soweto Blues Hugh Masekela , S. Todd 4 18 Welela Nelson Lee 3 18 Hapo Zamani Makeba, Dorothy Masuka 4 29 Pata Pata Makeba, Jerry Ragovoy 3 53 Saduva Makeba 4 43 Africa Keith Mathela 4 33 Personnel anchor Personel Miriam Makeba Lead vocal Sipho Mabuse, Dorothy Masuka, Doreen Webster Backing vocals Keith Mathela Guitar s Claude Deppa Trumpet Claudio Pascoli, Michael Bami Rose Saxophone Sax Emmanuel Chulo Gatewood Bass Guitar Bass Damon Duewhite Drum Kit Drums Smith Ailar Percussion Instrument Percussion Production Produced By Sipho Mabuse & Roberto Meglioli Post Production By Allan Goldberg Recorded & Engineered By Toby Alington & Jean Trenchant Mixed By Sipho Mabuse & Allan Goldberg Category 1990 albums Category Miriam Makeba albums Category Mercury Records albums it Welela ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Our Colline s a Treasure Type Album Artist Mal Waldron Cover Our Colline s a Treasure.jpg Released 1987 Recorded April 28 & 30, 1987 Genre Jazz Length 42 15 Label Black Saint Soul Note Soul Note Producer Chronology Mal Waldron Last album The Seagulls of Kristiansund br 1986 This album Our Colline a a Treasure br 1987 Next album Remembering the Moment br 1987 Our Colline a a Treasure is an album by jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1987 and released on the Italian Black Saint Soul Note Soul Note label. ref name Mal Waldron discography http www.jazzdisco.org mal waldron catalog soul note sn 1198 Mal Waldron discography accessed March 9, 2011 ref Reception The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars. ref name Allmusic http www.allmusic.com album our collines a treasure r149619 Allmusic Review accessed March 9, 2011 ref Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1Score rating 3 5 ref name Allmusic Track listing All compositions by Mal Waldron Spaces &mdash 9 18 Our Colline s a Treasure &mdash 6 20 Ches Pascale &mdash 5 43 The Git Go &mdash 13 27 Because of You I Live Again &mdash 7 27 Recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milan, Italy on April 28 & 30, 1987 Personnel Mal Waldron &mdash piano Leonard Jones &mdash double bass bass Sangoma Everett &mdash drum kit drums References reflist Category 1987 albums Category Mal Waldron albums Category Black Saint Soul Note albums ... more details
On December 31, 2009, in South Africa , 11 year old Masego Kgomo was murdered in order to sell some of her body parts to a Sangoma a practitioner of Muti . ref cite web url http www.iol.co.za news crime courts body parts ripped out of her 1.1068458 title Body parts ripped out of her publisher IOL.co.za date accessdate 2011 05 14 ref Five people have been charged with her kidnapping and murder. ref cite web url http www.news24.com SouthAfrica News 5 in court for girls murder 20100112 title 5 in court for girl s murder publisher News24 date 2010 01 12 accessdate 2011 05 14 ref Her father is a pastor at the St Michael s Apostolic Church in Soshanguve . ref cite web url http www.timeslive.co.za news article255282.ece title 10 year old Masego was a lovely, beautiful, funny girl publisher Times LIVE date accessdate 2011 05 14 ref Her gruesome murder has sparked calls to practitioners of muti to end murdering children for their body parts. ref cite web url http www.timeslive.co.za local article316993.ece Stop killing children for muti title Stop killing children for muti publisher Times LIVE date 2010 02 19 accessdate 2011 05 14 ref ref cite web url http www.timeslive.co.za local article368182.ece title Minister calls for separate criminal charges for muti killings publisher Times LIVE date 2010 03 22 accessdate 2011 05 14 ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kgomo, Masego ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 2009 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Kgomo, Masego Category 1990s births Category 2009 deaths Category South African murder victims Category Murdered children Category Human trophy collecting crime bio stub ... more details
notability Music date April 2012 primary sources date April 2012 Kick Horns are a jazz band that play exclusively as a brass backing band for many bands, most of which were big in the 1990s. Band members include Simon Clarke, Roddy Lorimer , Tim Sanders and J. Neil Sidwell. ref http www.allmusic.com artist kick horns p87908 ref Kick Horns play on albums and singles by Blur band Blur ref http www.kickhorns.com discography.html ref ref http www.vblurpage.com info bios people concert.htm ref on their single Popscene and albums Modern Life is Rubbish , Parklife , The Great Escape album The Great Escape , Suede ref http www.kickhorns.com discography.html ref on tracks such as We are the Pigs , Rolling Stones material recorded in the late 1980s including Steel Wheels , David Gray s Life in Slow Motion , Groove Armada s album Vertigo , Jamiroquai s Synkronized , Primal Scream s album Screamadelica and EP Dixie Narco EP , Stereo MCs s Connected , amongst many others. Kick Horns released an album of themselves, The Other Foot in 2005. The Other Foot The Other Foot is the only album thus far released as a Kick Horns solo album, released 8 July 2005. ref http www.cdvine.co.uk kickhorns.html ref Track listing All writers written next to the respective song. Tough Talk Joe Sample, Wayne Henderson, Stix Hooper Slick is Alvin Tyler Gnasher Tim Sanders I ll Take Les John Scofield Black Disciples W Rodney Heart Roddy Lorimer, Simon C Clarke Heads Up Simon C Clarke Soul Serenade Curtis Ousley, Luther Dixon Yeh You re Right sic Modeliste, Neville, Nocentelli, Porter Nonto Sangoma Zakes Nkosi References Reflist Category British jazz ensembles Category Musical groups established in the 1980s cat improve date April 2012 ... more details
Infobox serial killer name Elifasi Msomi image image size caption birthname Elifasi Msomi alias Axe Killer birth date birth place South Africa death date Feb 10, 1956 death place Pretoria Central Prison cause Hanging victims 15 country South Africa states beginyear 1953 endyear 1955 apprehended 1955 penalty Death Sentence Elifasi Msomi a.k.a. The Axe Killer is a South Africa n serial killer who was convicted in 1955 of 15 murders and sentenced to Death sentence death by hanging . His victims all came from the Umkomaas and Umzimkulu valleys of KwaZulu Natal . A Zulu people Zulu man, Msomi was an unsuccessful young witch doctor or sangoma . Seeking professional assistance, he consulted with another sangoma . Msomi claims that during this exchange he was co opted by an evil sprite, the Tokoloshe . In August 1953, under the instruction of the Tokoloshe , Msomi began an 18 month killing crusade in the southern KwaZulu Natal valleys of South Africa . ref name Time http www.time.com time magazine article 0,9171,808161,00.html Time Tikoloshe s Friend. ref Msomi initially rape d and murdered a young woman in the presence of his mistress, ref name Arrest http kirishta historybites.blogspot.com 2008 12 elifasi msomi 1956.html Blogger History Bites. ref whose blood he kept in a bottle. Unimpressed with his new powers, his mistress alerted the police who arrested Msomi. He escaped shortly afterwards, giving credit for his escape to the all powerful Tokoloshe . ref name Time Msomi returned to his murderous ways, accounting for the lives of 5 children before being re arrested. He duly escaped again. ref name Arrest Msomi was arrested a month later for petty theft. The stolen items turned out to belong to his victims and he was soon fingered as the murderous culprit. Msomi readily assisted the police in finding some of his victims remains, including a missing skull. ref name Time Whether he gained further satisfaction from revisiting his crime scenes or felt diminished responsibili ... more details
cleanup date May 2009 refimprove date May 2009 File Yvonne Ntombizodwa Chaka Chaka World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012.jpg thumb Yvonne Chaka Chaka at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in 2012 Yvonne Chaka Chaka born Yvonne Machaka in 1965 is a South Africa n singer. Dubbed the Princess of Africa , Chaka Chaka has been at the forefront of South African popular music for 20 years. Songs like I m Burning Up , thank you mister dj , I Cry for Freedom , Makoti , Motherland and the ever popular Umqombothi song Umqombothi African Beer ensured Yvonne s stardom. The song Umqombothi was featured in the opening scene of the 2004 movie Hotel Rwanda . Biography Chaka Chaka was born in Dobsonville in Soweto . She became the first Black child to appear on South African television. In 1981 Sugar Shack , a talent show, introduced her to the South African public. Chaka Chaka started singing at 19 in 1985 when Phil Hollis of Dephon Records discovered her in Johannesburg . Shortly after, her debut album I m in Love With a DJ , sold 35,000 copies, and the title track became an instant hit. Songs like I m Burning Up , I Cry for Freedom , Sangoma , Motherland and the ever popular, Umqombothi immediately ensured Chaka Chaka s status as a star on South Africa s mbaqanga music scene. Chaka Chaka had it tough growing up. Her father died when she was 11 and her mother, a domestic worker , brought up three daughters on her meagre 40 South African rand Rand a month salary. She has two diplomas from the University of South Africa , one in adult education, another in local government, management and administration. She also studied speech and drama at Trinity College, London , qualifying in 1997. Releasing hit after hit, Chaka Chaka s subsequent award winning albums include Burning Up , Sangoma , Who s The Boss , Motherland , Be Proud to be African , Thank You Mr DJ , Back on my Feet , Rhythm of Life , Who s got the Power , Bombani Tiko Rahini , Power of Afrika , Yvonne and Friends and ... more details
Mercy Manci born 28 September 1955 in Eastern Cape , South Africa is a Xhosa people Xhosa sangoma and HIV activism activist from South Africa . ref name campbell cite book last Campbell first Susan Schuster title Called to Heal African Shamanic Healers year 2000 publisher Lotus Press location Twin Lakes, WI isbn 978 0 914955 91 7 pages 106 125 url http books.google.co.za books?id MDQ1qpkvKmMC&printsec frontcover v onepage&q&f false ref She has participated and presented at conferences in a.o. Cameroon , Nigeria , and Italy . ref name IGLHRC cite web last Mills first Michael title Religious Leaders and Activists Converge on Rome url http www.iglhrc.org cgi bin iowa article pressroom pressrelease 770.html work Press release publisher IGLHRC accessdate 10 January 2012 ref ref name vubem cite news last Vubem first Fred title Traditional Healers Drilled on HIV AIDS url http allafrica.com stories 200801090651.html accessdate 10 January 2012 newspaper Cameroon Tribune date 9 January 2008 ref ref name InterCEDD cite book title Report of the International Conference on Traditional Medicine in HIV AIDS and Malaria year 2000 publisher InterCEDD location Nsukka, Nigeria ref Early life Mercy Manci was born in Pondoland , the firstborn of a nine children, in the small village of Hlwahlwazi. At birth she was covered with a white substance, which her mother called a net , which indicated that she was a special child. ref name campbell She was raised by her grandmother, because her mother was a domestic worker in Durban her grandmother was a traditional healer and as a child Mercy would help her prepare muti . ref name campbell When she was teenager, she was bride kidnapping grabbed by another family to marry one of their sons, in order to avoid lengthy lobola negotiations. ref name campbell As she was no longer a virgin, she could not return to her mother, and the marriage beame official ... a calling to become a sangoma. ref name campbell Activism Mercy Manci founded Nyangazeziswe , meaning ... more details
Zwide kaLanga 1758 1825 was the Tribal chief chief of the Ndwandwe Nxumalo clan from about 1805 to around 1820. ref cite web title King ZWIDE kaLanga work Rootsweb.com url http freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com royalty africa i314.html I314 accessdate 2006 06 04 ref He was the son of Langa KaXaba , a Ndwandwe Chieftain. Legend has it that Zwide s mother, Queen Ntombazi was a sangoma . Political life Around the time Zwide became King, the Ndwandwe were growing in military power. Ambitious in expanding Ndwandwe supremacy, Zwide was a prominent rival chieftain to King Dingiswayo of the Mthethwa and his famous general and prot g , Prince Shaka, heir to the Zulu throne. Military actions Zwide sought to expand his borders, and in 1818 he destroyed the power of the Mthethwa Kingdom, after he had King Dingiswayo killed. He also had a battle with the young Zulu clan at the Battle of Gqokli Hill . He destroyed and overran the neighbouring Khumalo Kingdom and executed their King Matshobana KaMangete. Matshobana s son and heir Mzilikazi escaped from the Ndwandwe and sought refuge with Shaka , who had reformed the remnant Mthethwa clan under his rule. Knowing this, Zwide planned to destroy the Zulu Kingdom Zulu Empire to secure Ndwandwe domination of Zululand. In 1820, he led his army into battle against the Zulu at the Battle of Mhlatuze River . His forces were caught crossing halfway across the Mhlatuze River when the Zulu forces attacked, and the Ndwandwe army was scattered. Zwide escaped with a remnant of his clan across the Pongola River . After Zwide and his clansmen escaped, the Zulu attacked the rest of his people, killing many at Mome Gorge, a desolate place. The Zulu attacked the Ndwandwe capital, Kwa Nongoma . The Zulu victory was the beginning of the Mfecane or the scattering. Zwide s generals fled north, where they established their own Kingdoms, such as the Shangane Kingdom in Gaza, formed by General Soshangane . References Reflist Persondata name Kalanga, Zwide alt ... more details
Mads Vinding born 7 December 1948 in Copenhagen is a Denmark Danish jazz double bassist . He is a Danish jazz musicians, and one of the aces of basses with more than 600 recordings to his credit. Professional at age 16, Vinding became the house bassplayer at Caf Montmartre , the legendary jazz club in Copenhagen. He is the holder of a list of engagements with a multitude of jazz masters. Mads Vinding has performed all over the world, produced several records and has received jazz awards 1978 first prize as best soloist in the International Radio contest NORDRING The Ben Webster Prize in 1982 Pal Jazz Prize in 1997 Launy Gr ndahl s honorary prize 2000 winner of Readers Polls 1997 & 2000 recipient of three Grammy s for Best Album 2000 in the jazz and folk category and recipient of the Django D or prize as Master of Jazz 2007. Along with the acoustic double bass , he has also refined his playing on the bass guitar electric bass . What makes him an outstanding artist and a sought after soloist, however, are his musical command and his maturity, which have been called upon over 35 years of working with outstanding jazz musicians. He has played with the majority of jazz musicians worth playing with as of 2006 he plays with the ones that satisfy his concepts of what music ought to sound like. He has two sons, Mikael and Klaus, and lives with his wife, Susanne, in Copenhagen. According to his official homepage, he has collaborated with a wide range of well known jazz musicians, including Herbie Hancock Wayne Shorter Stan Getz Gary Burton Hank Jones Tony Williams drummer Tony Williams Dexter Gordon Ben Webster Joanne Brackeen Sonny Stitt Sir Roland Hanna Benny Goodman Dizzy Gillespie Dollar Brand Clark Terry Chet Baker Art Farmer Woody Shaw Benny Bailey Dusko Goykovich Ed Thigpen Alvin Queen Billy Hart Bruno Castelucci John Engels Daniel Humair Sangoma Everett Enrico Pieranunzi Roger Kellaway Tete Montoliu Horace Parlan Fred Hersch Martial Solal Renee Rosnes Gordon Beck De ... more details
BLP sources date November 2009 Joe Mafela Mbungula, Sdumo born 1942, Sibasa , Limpopo , South Africa is a noted South African actor, writer, producer, director and businessman. Career Mafela was brought up in Johannesburg and began acting in the early 1960s, when he joined the South African film company SA Films. Over the following twenty years he worked as a producer and director as well as a film actor, managing the dance troupe Mzumba and the group Sangoma. With the advent of television in South Africa in 1976, Mafela worked almost continuously, and in 1986 he was cast as the unemployed lodger S dumo in the Zulu language comedy series Sgudi Snaysi . The success of Sgudi Snaysi which ran to 78 episodes on SABC led to roles in other series, often produced by Mafela s own production company Penguin Films. It also encouraged Mafela to enter the advertising industry, working as Creative Director of Black Communications at BBDO South Africa and, since 1992, as a director of Sharrer Advertising in Johannesburg. Since 1995 Mafela has recorded and released a number of albums of Zulu language songs. Awards In 2004 Mafela was awarded a special Duku Duku award for his services to the South African television industry. ref cite news url http www.news24.com News24 Entertainment Local 0,,2 1225 1242 1599953,00.html title SA s celebrities glitter date 5 October 2004 publisher News24 accessdate 24 November 2009 ref In 2005 he was awarded a Theatre Management of South Africa Lifetime Achievement award at the Naledi Theatre Awards. ref http www.tmsa.org.za naledis2004.htm Naledi Theatre Awards at TMSA website ref Filmography Zulu film Zulu 1964 Tokoloshe 1971 Shout at the Devil 1976 Escape from Angola 1976 A Game for Vultures 1979 Sgudi Snaysi 1986 TV Red Scorpion 1989 Khululeka 1993 TV Madam and Eve 2000 TV Fela s TV 2004 TV References references External links http www.tvsa.co.za actorprofile.asp?actorid 7294 TVSA Actor Profile http www.snaparazzi.co.za galleries celebs joe mafel ... more details
Infobox musical artist name Ann Mortifee image alt caption image size landscape yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank background solo singer birth name alias birth date Birth date and age df yes 1947 11 30 birth place KwaZulu Natal Zululand , South Africa origin Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada death date death date and age YYYY MM DD YYYY MM DD death date 1st death place genre occupation musician, speaker, writer instrument years active YYYY YYYY or present label associated acts website URL example.com notable instruments Ann Mortifee , Post nominals country CAN CM born 30 November 1947 in KwaZulu Natal Zululand , where date January 2012 what city? South Africa is a Canadian based singer songwriter , writer and speaker. After emigrating to Canada in childhood, she spent her youth in Vancouver , British Columbia . At the beginning of her musical career, she joined the cast of the original Vancouver production of The Ecstasy of Rita Joe . In 1984, she guest starred on the popular children s TV program Sharon, Lois & Bram s Elephant Show Season 1 Episode 4 Friendship . On the episode she sang Just One Voice with Sharon, Lois & Bram . She currently lives on Cortes Island, British Columbia and is married to jazz flautist Paul Horn musician Paul Horn . Discography 1972 3? The Ecstasy of Rita Joe cast recording of theatrical production 1975 Baptism 1980 Journey to Kairos 1982 Reflections on Crooked Walking 1983 Born to Live 1984 Bright Encounter 1985 Jacques Brel Lives from the Vancouver production of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris , with cast 1991 Serenade at the Doorway 1994 Healing Journey 2005 Into the Heart of the Sangoma Awards and recognition 1984 nominee, Juno Award for Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year Citation needed date January 2012 1991 appointed member of the Order of Canada ref cite web url http archive.gg.ca honours search recherche honours desc.asp?lang e&TypeID orc&id 2967 title Ann Mortifee, C.M. publisher Governor ... more details
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