SOME NOTES ON ISINGONI AND ISIZULU When the Ngoni left what is now called Zululand there were several dialects that were spoken in that part...

Most scholars take the view that marrying wives from other tribes was a major factor.  While I agree that Nyanja, Senga, etc speaking mother...

 A few days ago, I came across an excellent article titled, “Markers of Ethnic Identity and Factors that Contributed to the Death of the Ngo...

UKUCONGA UMNTWANA - MTHIMBA (MARRIAGE CEREMONY) SONG - FROM SONGS OF THE NGONI PEOPLE - MARGARET READ (I HAVE EDITED AND ADDED THE GRAMMAR ...

The Ngoni language is the language of the Ngoni people found in Tanzania, Zambia, and Malawi. It is part of the Nguni group of languages. ...

Ngoni Mourning Songs: Nangu Umthakathi (Here is a witch) There are no real mourning songs of the Ngoni as singing and dancing were not...

NGONI WAR SONG: UMNGONI UVELA ENZANSI This is a war song where the Ngoni are boasting about their origins. Simple song. Unfortunately I o...

Expressing Simple Commands in Ngoni The simplest way to express a command in Ngoni language is to use just the plain verb stem. In other ...

The Present Perfect  The present perfect denotes an action just completed, or one whose consequences still remain. Hence this form is fre...

The future tense expresses an action that will take place at some time in the future. There are different ways of presenting the Ngoni ...