• STANDING AT THE TOP OF THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN, becoming Buzetsheni Mdletshe, the Praise Singer of iSilo uZwelithini kaBhekuzulu

STANDING AT THE TOP OF THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN, becoming Buzetsheni Mdletshe, the Praise Singer of iSilo uZwelithini kaBhekuzulu

: Zondi (N.) & (N.) with Mdletshe (B.)

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142pp., map, illus., paperback, University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg, 2026

ISBN: 9781869145811

 

Biography of narrator and praise singer, Buzetsheni Mdletshe, Inyosi yaseNdlunkulu yeSilo, who worked with King Zwelithini for more than fifty years until the king’s death in 2021.

In telling his story, Mdletshe includes information on indigenous knowledge systems and Zulu history and tradition. His book is dedicated to the people of the mountain of KwaCeza, where three boulders are seen as a sign of the Holy Trinity. King Dinuzulu prayed on this mountain on 22 June 1888, before going to battle at the mountain of KwaNdunu.

Also available in isiZulu.

Nompumelelo Zondi is Vice Dean of Research, Postgraduate Studies and Internationalisation at the University of the Free State. She is the author of Bahlabelelelani – Why Do They Sing? Gender and Power in Contemporary Women’s Songs.

Nelisiwe Zondi is the Director of the African Languages and Literacy Training Institute.