The novel tells the story of Ndebenkulu, a wealthy man from Mgungundlovu who goes to Nyanyadu village to help the villagers sell their cattle for a fair price during a time when Black people were not allowed to own cattle. He befriends the villagers, including Mkhwanazi, and helps them negotiate a good deal for their cattle. The novel explores themes of rural life, education, colonialism and the transition of people from rural to urban areas.

1. Umlando kaLincoln Sibusiso
Nyembenzi
Sizozinquma amakhanda siziyeke.
Singegeqe gula funa kuthiwe
siyemuka.
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2. Ukuzalwa, ukukhula, ukufunda
nokusebenza
• USibusiso Nyembezi wazalwa ngonyaka we-1919
eBabanango, eNyakatho neKwaZulu-Natali. Ungowesibili
kubafana abane kwabo.
• Amabanga aphansi emfundo wawafunda ngakubo kwase
kuthi amabanga aphezulu wawenza eMarianhill,
ngasePinetown.
• Waphothula iziqu zakhe zika-BA ngonyaka we-1946 e-Unisa
emva kwalokho wayesenza i-BA Honours ngowe-1947 eWits.
• Ukusuka ngowe-1948 kuya kowe-1953 (isikhathi sokuqala
kobandlululo), uNyembezi wafundisa e-University of the
Witwatersrdand isiZulu kanye nesiXhosa.
• Ngowe-1954 uNyembezi wenza iziqu zakhe ze-MA ne-
University of the Witwatersrand.
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3. Umlando kaNyembezi (uyaqhutshwa)
• Ngowe-1955 wathola isikhala sokufundisa e-University
College of Fort Hare, eMpumalanga- Koloni (khumbula
ukuthi lena yinyuvesi iningi labaholi bezombusazwe
abafunde kuyo)
• Ngowe-1959 wesula emsebenzini, washiya, ngenxa
yemithetho ayengahambisani nayo eyayibekwe
wuhulumeni wobandlululo phezu kwamanyuvesi wabantu
abamnyama.
• Ngemuva kwesikhathi eside engasebenzi, wagcina
esethatha umsebenzi wokuhlela izincwadi enkampanini
yabashicileli bakwa-Shuter and Shooter eMgungundlovu
nokuyilapho agcine esebenza khona waze wathatha
umhlalaphansi.
• Wedlula emhlabeni ngonyaka we-2000 eneminyaka
engama-81.
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4. Imisebenzi kaNyembezi
• Imisebenzi kaNyembezi ingaphezu kweshumi
nambili kanti ifaka phakathi kokunye amanoveli,
izinkondlo, ubuciko bomlomo, uhlelo lolimi,
izichazamazwi kanye nocwaningo.
• Kumanoveli wabhala lawa: Mntanami!
Mntanami!, Ubudoda Abukhulelwa nethi
Inkinsela YaseMgungundlovu. Wahumusha
nencwadi yesiNgisi ka-Allan Paton ethi, Cry the
Beloved Country, isihumusho sithi: Lafa Elihle
Kakhulu.
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5. Nayi imisebenzi kaNyembezi
• 1950. Mntanami! Mntanami! Johannesburg: Bona-Pers.
1953. Ubudoda abukhulelwa. Johannesburg: Shuter and Shooter.
• 1954. Zulu Proverbs. Johannesburg: Shuter and Shooter.
1956. Uhlelo lwesiZulu. Johannesburg: Shuter and Shooter.
1958. Learn Zulu. Johannesburg: Shuter and Shooter.
• 1958. Cry, The Beloved Country, by Alan Paton, into Zulu as Lafa
elihle kakhulu. Johannesburg: Shuter and Shooter.
1961. Inkinsela yaseMgungundlovu. (translated as The Rich Man of
Pietermaritzburg, 2008). Johannesburg: Shuter and Shooter.
1963. Imisebe yelanga. Johannesburg: Educum Publishers.
1963. Amahlungu aluhlaza. Johannesburg: Shuter and Shooter.
1958. Izibongo zamakhosi. Johannesburg: Shuter and Shooter.
1966. Inqolobane yesizwe. (uyihlanganyele no-Otty Ezrom Mandla
Nxumalo). Johannesburg: Shuter and Shooter
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6. Okwenza Inkinsela ibe nedumela
• Inoveli iyonke yenzeka ngesonto elilodwa ngokwesikhathi
sendaba. Yinto engejwayelekile ukuthi inoveli ithathe
isikhathi esifishane kangaka. (Kukhona omunye umbhali,
uN.J. Makhaye, oke wazama ukubhala inoveli eyenzeka
usuku olulodwa, inoveli ethi, Uze ungikhonzele, kodwa
izinga layo kalikho phezulu)
• Inoveli yakhe yakhombisa ukwehluka ngokwendikimba
emanovelini amaningi esiZulu ayandulelayo: ubugebengu
obuhleliwe obuhamba nokuzethemba. Okunye okwenza
yehluke inoveli yakhe wukuthi njengoba iningi lamanoveli
lalikhombisa ukusuka komuntu endaweni yasemakhaya eya
edolobheni, kule noveli sithola umuntu osuka edolobheni
ngenhloso yokuyoqola abantu emakhaya.
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7. Inkinsela (iyaqhutshwa)
• Inoveli kaNyembezi yaguqulwa yaba wumdlalo womoya
owaba nedumela ngemuva kokuthi seyashicilelwa.
• Yaphinde yaguqulelwa noma yahlelelwa ukuthi idlale
kumabonakude ngeminyaka yaw-1990. (Kukhona abathile
ababephika uma bebuka umdlalo bethi akuyena
uNdebenkulu lona okumabonakude sengathi bamazi
ngamehlo) Nomdlalo kamabonakude waba nedumela
ngangokuthi nanamuhla lokhu kukhona abafisa ukuthi
ubuyiswe.
• Inoveli yakhe yafundwa ezikoleni, hhayi eNingizimu Afrika
kuphela kodwa ngisho naseZimbabwe imbala. Khumbula
ukuthi amaNdebele aseZimbabwe ayazisebenzisa kakhulu
izincwadi zesiZulu eziphuma ezweni lakithi.
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8. Inkinsela (iyaqhutshwa)
• Ngonyaka kwe-2010 le noveli iphinde yabuyiswa, yagaywa
kabusha ngaphansi kohlelo lwe-Reprinting South African
Classics nokuwuhlelo olugqugquzelwe lwaphinde lwaxhaswa
wuMnyango woBuciko naMasiko kuZwelonke (National
Department of Arts and Culture).
• Ngonyaka odlule le noveli ihlelelwe ukuthi idlale njengomdlalo
womoya ezweni laseZimbabwe.
• Iphinde yaqokwa njengezinye zezincwadi eziyi-100 ezihamba
phambili e-Africa. (Bheka nasi isixhumanisi
https://www.indiana.edu/~libsalc/africa/scripts/awards1.php?award=3)
• Le noveli ingenye yamanoveli esiZulu ambalwa ahunyushelwe
esiNgisini (The Richman of Pietermaritzburg) kanye
nasesiSuthwini (Kgabane ya Mokokotlofo), kanti izophinde
ihunyushelwe kwezinye izilimi ngaphansi kwe-Reprinting
South African Classics
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9. Ukuhluza inoveli kafushane
Indaba ngamafuphi:
• Lena yinoveli yobugebengu obuhleliwe obenziwa
ngumuntu onesibindi. Inoveli yenzeka ngesikhathi
seminyaka yawo-1950 lapho uhulumeni
owayephethe ngaleso sikhathi ayeshaye
umthetho wokuthi abantu banciphise imfuyo
ngoba iqeda amadlelo.
• UNdebenkulu usuka eMgungundlovu uyoqola
abanumzane abahlonishwayo eNyanyanyadu,
bude buduze naseDandi.
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10. Indaba ngamafuphi (iyaqhutshwa)
• Indaba iqala lapho uMkhwanazi, omunye
wabanumzane abahlonishwayo eNyanyadu,
ethola incwadi evela kuCC Ndebenkulu. Kule
ncwadi uNdebenkulu ubeka isifiso
sokuvakashela eNyanyadu ngenhloso yokusiza
abanumzane bendawo bakwazi ukuthengisa
izinkomo zabo ngamanani abafanele.
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11. Indaba ngamafuphi (iyaqhutshwa)
• Ekufikeni kwakhe uNdebenkulu, uzibeka
njengomuntu osezingeni eliphezulu nofundile
• Uba nemihlangano nabanumzane bendawo –
uyaphumelela ukukhohlisa uMkhwanazi ukuze
amnike izinkomo zakhe ayomthengisela.
• Ngosuku lokuhamba kwezinkomo
uNdebenkulu (obuye aziwe ngelika-EE Mlomo)
uyabanjwa akhalelwe amasongo kaSigonyela.
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12. Izindikimba
• Indikimba enkulu kule noveli yileyo
yokuqolwa kwabantu basemakhaya
yisigebengu esivela edolobheni. UNyembezi
wenza okungavamile ukuthi asethulele
umlingiswa ophuma edolobheni aye
emakhaya kanti imibhalo eminingi yangaleso
sikhathi ibiveza abalingiswa abasuka
emakhaya baye emadolobheni bese
bephenduka
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13. Izindikimba (Ziyaqhutshwa)
• UNdebenkulu usebenzisa ithuba ngoba
enolwazi lokuthi abantu bakhathazekile
ngendaba yokuncishiswa kwemfuyo
(ngokomthetho owawusanda kushaywa) kanti
uma bezithengisela bona izinkomo bathola
imali encane.
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14. Izindikimba (Ziyaqhutshwa)
• Imfundo: ngenye yezindikimba esizithola kule
noveli. UNdebenkulu usebenzisa imfundo
nolwazi lwakhe ukuqola abantu. Uthi wazana
nabeLungu abaphezulu futhi uma bembhalela
abakhohlwa ukubhala bathi uyisikwaya.
• UThemba uyasikhombisa ukuthi abantu
bendawo sebeqala ukuya nasezikhungweni
zemfundo ephakeme. Imfundo yakhe imenza
ayisole le ndaba kaNdebenkulu.
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15. Izindikimba (Ziyaqhutshwa)
• Ubandlululo: umthetho wokuncishiswa
kwemfuyo yabantu abamnyama uyinkomba
yobandlululo. Lapha siphinde sithole abantu
bezicindezela noma bezibukela phansi bona
ngokwabo. UmLungu uthathwa njengomuntu
ophezulu (yikho uNdeb. ethi ubhalelana
nabeLungu), idolobha liyindawo ephambili:
umuntu ovela edolobheni uyahlonishwa (self-
inferiority complex)
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16. Izindikimba (Ziyaqhutshwa)
• Impilo yasemakhaya isemuva
kuneyasedolobheni: siyathola kuqhathaniswa
impilo yalezi zindawo. UNdebenkulu uthi
ngolunye usuku: ‘Nisesemuva, Mkhwanazi.’
‘Nisagibela amakalishi? Ukuba bengazi ngabe
ngize ngemoto.’ Umqondo obusa abantu
ngowokuthi abasedolobheni kumele
bakhanyisele/baphucule abasemakhaya.
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17. Izindikimba (Ziyaqhutshwa)
• Umnotho wasemakhaya: imfuyo nokulima.
Abanumzane bendawo bafuyile futhi bayalima
(isibonelo: uMkhwanazi). Lena yindlela
yempilo emakhaya futhi iletha ukuhlonipheka
kubanumzane. UNdebenkulu uyakwazi lokhu –
yikho enquma ‘ukuyosiza’ ngokubathengisela
izinkomo
• Wena uthini?
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18. Isizinda
• Indawo: eNyanyadu, emakhaya aseduze
nedolobha laseDandi.
• Isikhathi: ngesakudala lapho uHulumeni
wobandlululo ayeshaye umthetho wokuthi
abantu abamnyama banciphise imfuyo
• Isimo senhlalo: lapha sikhuluma ngokuthi
abantu bangalesi sikhathi imfuyo bekuyigugu,
ukulima kuyimpilo yemihla, umnotho
kuyimfuyo
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19. Abalingiswa
• Sizokhumbula ukuthi ngabantu abasungulwa
ngumlobi ukuze indaba yakhe ixoxeke.
Abalingiswa bethulwa ngezindlela
ezahlukahlukene:
• 1. Ukugqoka
• 2. Abakukhulumayo nokukhulunywa ngabo
• 3. Ukuchaza kombhali
• 4. Imicabango
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20. Abalingiswa (Bayaqhutshwa)
• UNdebenkulu: ugqoka izinto athi zibiza imali;
ukhuluma ngokuzikhukhumeza; ukwenza
kwakhe kukhombisa ukubukela abanye abantu
phansi; abantu bacabanga izinto ezahlukene
ngaye ngoba kukhona abasola ukuthi uyiqola
kanti kukhona abamethembayo njengomuntu
ohlala edolobheni futhi owazana nabeLungu
abakhulu. Lo mlingiswa akakhuli….
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21. Abalingiswa (Bayaqhutshwa)
• UMkhwanazi: ugqoka ngendlela ekhombisayo
ukuthi ungumuntu ozisebenzela ngezandla;
imfuyo uyikhonzile futhi angenza noma yini
ukuze ayivikele (iyisithunzi sakhe
njengendoda); abanye abantu bacabanga
ukuthi uqotho futhi uhloniphekile (yingakho
uNdebenkulu ebhalela yena esikhundleni
sabanye abanumzane)
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22. Abalingiswa (Bayaqhutshwa)
• UMkhwanazi kukhomba ukuthi akayile
esikoleni futhi usheshe akholwe kalula.
• UMaNtuli: uchazwa wumlobi
njengowesifazane okhuthele; unolaka;
imicabango nezinkulumo aba nazo kanye
nabanye abalingiswa kukhomba ukuthi
uyishaya emuva ayishaye phambili
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23. Abalingiswa (Bayaqhutshwa)
• UThemba: indlela akhuluma ngayo nabantu
abadala ikhombisa ukuthi ukhuliswe
ngenhlonipho; indlela acabanga ngayo imveza
ukuthi imfundo imenze wahlakanipha
kangcono (ufunda ekolishi); siyathola ukuthi
usegqoka amabhulukwe amade (ubude
bebhulukwe bukhomba ukukhula koligqokayo,
kanti ukukhula koligqokayo kusho ukuhluzeka)
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24. Izincwadi ongazifunda
• Ntuli, J H – The Conception and Evolution of
Characterisation in the Zulu novel
• Kunene, Daniel P – The Zulu novels of Sibusiso
Nyembezi: A Critical Appraisal
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