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[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Mbulo kaMlahla was born sometime in the 1850s and was a member of the Mayeza people. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1914.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Mcotoyi kaMnini was born in roughly 1828 and was a member of the Tuli people. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1905.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Mdepa. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1899. He was roughly 67 years old when he was interviewed by Stuart.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2018, using The Collection of Father Franz Mayr Zulu Recordings 1908, CD booklet: The CD booklet indicates that Mdhladhlozi was most probably also referred to as Mhladhlozi and Mdhladhlose. Mdladhlozi was recorded by Father Franz Mayr in around 1908. She was married, and was about 50 years old at the time of recording.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Melapi kaMagaye. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1905.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Meseni kaMusi was a member of the Qwabe people. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1904.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Mgidhlana kaMpande. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1903, 1912, and 1921. At least one of these interviews took place at High Brae (Stuart's home in Hilton, near Pietermaritzburg).]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Chief Mgodini kaMncakwana was chief over the amaBaso, and his kraal was beyond the Mbulwana mountain in Ladysmith. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1900. He was roughly 35 - 40 years old when he was interviewed by Stuart.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Mgoqo was a member of the Giba regiment. He interviewed by James Stuart in 1898. He was roughly 58 years old when he was interviewed by Stuart.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Mgqibelo. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1907.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Mgundeni kaMatshekana was of the Nzuza people and was the induna of Chief Mpatesita. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1918.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using WITS materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Mhambi Dlamini. He was interviewed by Philip Bonner in the Mvembili area of Swaziland in 1970.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using WITS materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Mhawu Gamedze. He was interviewed by Philip Bonner in the Mandlenya area of Swaziland in 1970.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Philip Mhlanimpofu was chief of the kholwa at Groutville, at the Mvoti mission station. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1899.]

[Source - Nessa Leibhammer for FHYA, 2016, using materials from Ruth Gordon and John Wright: These figures were possibly made by the carver Mhlophekazi. Originally from Swaziland, Mhlophekazi worked as a head attendant for Theophilus Shepstone from 1859. At the time of his death in 1897 at the age of 80, he was still in the family’s employ. The author Rider Haggard must have met him in 1870 at the same time that he met Shepstone. He became the inspiration for the fictional character Umslopogaas in Haggard’s books about the adventures of Alan Quartermain.]

[Source - FHYA, 2017: Michael Westcott, a graduate of York University, who had a research interest in oral history, assisted in the transcription and translation of a selection of the Swazi recordings of interviews done by Carolyn Hamilton and Philip Bonner in the 1970s and 1980s.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KZNM materials: Mike Cronin was an archaeologist who worked in South Africa. He received his honours degree in Archaeology from the University of Cape Town. He was a Professional Officer for Archaeology at the Albany Museum in Grahamstown. Notably he worked at the uMgungundlovu site in Natal, and co-wrote the paper “The Size and Layout of Mgungundlovu 1829-1838” with John Parkington. He later studied medicine at the University of Cape Town.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Mini kaNdhlovu was a member of the Dingana's iNsewane regiment. He was 3 or 4 when Shaka was assassinated, which was in 1828, meaning he was born in roughly 1824. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1910.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Stephen Mini was born in 1855. He was the chief over the kolwas of Edendale, a mission station near Pietermaritzburg. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1899, 1908, 1916, and 1922.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: W. J. Mirrlees was a director of the Tongaat Sugar Company. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1907.]