As we traverse the historical ladscape of Southern Africa, and converge on the Kalanga nation, various interesting things emerge. The Hottentots are Hute-ntota's, or Nguni's. Their name is often abbreviated to Ma-Tota, or simply Madoda!.
One of the greatest Kalanga Kings - a Nguni by tribe, was King Mutota. I can hear murmurs of "but, he was a Shona". Yes, he was a Shona. But what may not be clear to some is that "Shona" is just another word for "Nguni".
Ba-Shona are called "Bazwina", and not "BaSwina", in Kalanga. Bazwina and Batota means exactly the same thing - those who mend or patch (fences).
So, to Mthwakazi, I have a plea. You are as Shona as Mugabe. Mugabe is as Nguni as Mzilikazi was. Start learning Kalanga, and teach us how you built Great Zimbabwe ruins. You see, the names of tribes around Great Zimbabwe are nothing more than the names of workgroups that built Great Zimbabwe. Unfortunately I do not speak Shona, and so cannot analyse those names in their current corrupted Kalanga form. But I have developed a curiosity; an unquenchable thirst for knowledge into "HOW" Great Zimbabwe was built.
I can see Basesuli (MaZezuru), who were probably responsible for "peeling off" slabs of rock which were later split into bricks. I can see "Ma-Anika" (MaNyika) who were probably responsible for drying whatever was used, in its wet form, to crack stone slabs. It's fitting that their King's name was Tjikanga, which means "one who fries" in Kalanga.
What I find really frightenning about the things I "discover" is that many of our people have always known these things!.
