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[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA using the University of KwaZulu-Natal Press website, 2017: The Killie Campbell Africana Library and the University of KwaZulu-Natal Press are the joint publishers of 6 volumes of the James Stuart Archives, edited by Colin de B. Webb and John Wright, in 1976, 1979, 1982, 1986, 2001 and 2014 successively. Volume 7, which will carry the praises that were omitted from the previous six volumes, is in preparation. The Killie Campbell Africana Library (KCAL), located at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in Durban, is well known for its comprehensive collection of books, manuscripts and photographs, covering a broad sweep of information about the south east African region and its population. The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) Press is a quality publisher of scholarship and general expertise books for both academic and general readers. Their range is wide and includes social, political, economic and military history, gender, natural sciences, African literature and selected novels.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using WITS materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Velamuva Malinga, Induna of Chief Magcolo Mabuza. He was interviewed by Philip Bonner in the Mgofelweni area of Swaziland in 1970.]

[Source - John Wright for FHYA, 2016: Colin de Berri Webb was born in Pretoria on 24 October 1930. He attended Pretoria Boys' High School, and in 1948 went on to the University of the Witwatersrand on a Barclay's Bank Scholarship. In 1955, as a holder of the prestigious Elsie Ballot Scholarship, he proceeded to Clare College, Cambridge, to read history. In 1957 he took up his first university appointment as a temporary lecturer in the Department of History and Political Science at the University of Natal, Durban. There he met Fleur Gower, who was on the staff teaching Introductory French. They married in 1960. In 1962 Colin came as a senior lecturer to the Department of History and Political Science in Pietermaritzburg, the same year his eldest son, Jonathan, was born. Nicholas followed in 1964. Colin' s promotion in 1971 to associate professor was only his due. Then in 1976 he moved to the University of Cape Town as the King George V Professor of History, filling this, the premier history chair in South Africa.

With the death of Professor Colin Webb on 22 March 1992, both Natalia and the Natal Society have lost a much esteemed and long standing associate. He played a prominent role in the founding of Natalia and was the first chairman of its editorial board (1971-75), as well as a council member of the Natal Society (1965-75, 1988-92), and one of its vice-presidents (1988-92).

His was a presence that loomed. Yet it was much more than his sheer physical stature that indelibly impressed Colin Webb' s persona on the consciousness of all who knew him. For he was many things: teacher, scholar, administrator and public figure; but also husband and father of two sons, and valued friend and colleague. Authority emanated from him, but always tempered by his approachability, obvious integrity and fine sense of humour. Who can forget his beam of delight and high-pitched, trilling laugh? His company was always stimulating and could be enormous fun, for he was a man of wit and dramatic flair, with wide interests besides history and education. He could talk with real knowledge and insight on subjects ranging from politics, drama, music and fine art to veld types and domestic gardens. And though he could be formidable at times, it was with the short intensity of a summer storm, soon to pass. For he was a man of passion, who believed passionately in what he did and in the firm liberal principles which guided his actions.]

[Source - Rosemary Lombard for FHYA, 2017, using material written by Clemens Gütl: Reverend Father Franz Mayr was an Austrian missionary and collector active in southern Africa at the turn of the twentieth century. Born in the Tyrol in 1865, Mayr arrived in the British colony of Natal in 1890. On his arrival, he lived for several months at St Michael’s, an outstation of the Mariannhill Monastery, from whence he moved to the colony’s capital, Pietermaritzburg, where he served under Bishop Charles Constant Jolivet. Mayr quickly became proficient in both English and isiZulu, and the Bishop acknowledged his dedication by putting him in charge of the first Catholic Zulu Mission in Pietermaritzburg. Mayr taught his mission choir hymns in Latin, isiZulu and English, accompanied by himself on the reed organ. At the behest of the Mariannhill Trappists, Mayr left Natal in 1909, to reopen a mission field in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and then a final mission at St Joseph’s, near Bremersdorp, then the capital of Swaziland. According to missionary sources, he was mugged and murdered at the age of 49, on October 15, 1914, while travelling in his mule cart near Bremersdorp.

While living in southern Africa, Mayr was a proficient collector, amassing a wide range of different items, including examples of local medicinal plants, minerals, animals and ethnological artefacts, such as tools, clothing and weapons. His interest in music and languages also led to his recording isiZulu speakers performing local musical genres as well as mission hymns, with a phonograph given to him for this commissioned purpose by the Austrian Academy of Science’s Phonogrammarchiv. He collected a substantial quantity of material objects – including items such as local beadwork and household goods – at the request of Dr Ernest Warren, director of the Natal Government Museum. Mayr wrote several educational and religious books, including isiZulu language manuals and scholarly articles on aspects of what was regarded as Zulu culture related to his collections. The articles were published in the European journal Anthropos and the Annals of the Natal Government Museum . His publications allow for the gleaning of additional contextual information pertaining to the recordings and collected material.

Mayr’s collections are presently held in geographically dispersed locales. He sent many ethnological items to the Slovenian countess and donor, Maria Teresa Ledóchowska – founder of the Missionary Sisters of St. Peter Claver, dedicated to service in Africa – for use in her travelling exhibitions.
Original sound recordings by Mayr are housed in the Phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (AAS) in Vienna and have been published as a CD collection with booklet. In Pietermaritzburg, the KwaZulu-Natal Museum holds approximately 47 cultural artefacts from Kwa-Zulu Natal which may be Mayr-related – some definitely collected by him, and others attributed to him with questionable certainty – and the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Bews Herbarium, founded in 1910, is the custodian of his ethnobotanical collection, which runs to approximately 240 specimens.

Clemens Gütl’s 2004 publication, ‘Adieu ihr lieben Schwarzen’: Gesammelte Schriften des Tiroler Afrikamissionars Franz Mayr (1865-1914), makes much of Mayr’s correspondence and biographical detail available.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using the Wikipedia article on Martin Hall: Martin Hall (born in Guildford, England) is a British-South African academic and educationalist who has written extensively on South African history, culture and higher education policy. He is a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Salford. Hall studied at Chichester High School For Boys, one of the two state schools in the United Kingdom at the time that prepared students for Oxbridge admission. He completed his bachelor's degree in archaeology and anthropology at Cambridge University in 1974. He worked firstly in Lesotho in the area of archaeological excavation and then in London for the Southwark Archaeological Rescue Unit. He moved to South Africa in 1975 where he worked for five years as an ethno archaeologist in the Natal Museum in Pietermaritzburg. He completed his doctoral studies at Cambridge in 1980 and moved to Cape Town in the same year. He then became Chief Professional Officer for the Department of Archaeology at the South African Museum. He joined the University of Cape Town Department of Archaeology in 1983 and was promoted from Associate Professor to Professor of Historical Archaeology, becoming in due course the head of department. In 1983 he became Director of the Centre for African Studies. He was Director of the Multimedia Education Group from 1997 – 2001 at UCT. In 1998, he was appointed as a Fellow of the University of Cape Town, and the following year became the inaugural Dean of the Higher Education Development Unit, charged with coordinating support for students from underprivileged backgrounds. In 1999 he was appointed as President of the World Archaeological Congress and also served as General Secretary of the South African Archaeological Society. In 2002 he was promoted to deputy vice-chancellor and held this position for six years with responsibilities for strategic, academic and budget planning. He stepped down from this position at the end of August 2008 to take up a position at the Graduate School of Business. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa. Hall holds joint British and South African citizenship. His wife, Professor Brenda Cooper, is an academic specializing in post-colonial and African literature. They have three children.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KZNM materials: Robert J. C. Rawlinson was an archaeologist who worked in South Africa, particularly in the Natal regions of uMgungundlovu and oNdini. He died in a car accident in August 1997.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, using SA History Online: Reverend George Champion was born in the United States in 1810. I 1834 was appointed to undertake missionary work in South Africa. On the 20th of December 1835, he went to Mgungundhlovu to obtain King Dingane's permission to work among his subjects. In August 1936, Dingane allowed Champion and Grout to open a mission station, on a site chosen by Dingane himself, on the Umsunduzi River. The station was subsequently named “Nginani” (I am with thee). Following the destruction of the mission station at Nginani, Champion returned to the United States in 1839. He died in 1841.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Dabula kaMgingqiyizana of the Dunge people. He worked as a rickshaw pulle and was interviewed by James Stuart in 1916.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Henry F. Fynn. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1906.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about C. H. Gilson. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1901.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Hayiyana kaNdikila. He was a member of the Ntombela people. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1908.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Kwili kaSitshidi. He called himself a member 'of the Mkize people'. Mkhize is the address-name of the Mbo people. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1915]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Mabele kaMagidi. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1894.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Mabola was a member of the Inyati regiment. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1898. He was about 71-73 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 Mahungane. He was interviewed by James Stuart in November 1897.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Makuza kaMkomoyi was probably born in 1847 or 1848. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1921.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Mankulumana kaSomapunga was the younger son of Somaphunga of the Ndwandwe chiefly house. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1905.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Maputwana kaDidiza was a member of the Vundhla people. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1921.]

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Maxibana kaZeni was a member of the emaNseleni people. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1913 at Dore's store.]