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Kuyajabulisa lamalanga kubona kutsi bosopolitiki bakitsi kwangatsi sebayabona kutsi
bona ngekutsi badvume futsi batiwe ngemagama abo esilumbi. Loku kwenta kutsi
kube IUla kutsi nesive silandzele nangabe baholi bakhomba indlela. Phela kwetsa
emagama esilumbi ngiko lesekugcwele etingcondvweni tebantfu labamnyama.
Ngengobe bekushiwo vele umuntfu abone kwangatsi uyaphoceka netsa umntfwana
Iigama lesintfu. Nsimbi, (1959) uyibeka kahle lendzaba nakatsi:
There are many good traditions and customs which the
African ought to keep and be proud of. At present many
African tribes are loosing much of this inheritance in an
attempt to adopt Western culture wholesale.... In my
opinion the use of African traditional names ought to be
preserved....
(Nsimbi, 1950:204).
LebekanguNobhala Jikelele wePan African Congress (PAC), uMnu. Benny Alexander
waba ngulomunye wekucala kutsi antjintje Iigama Jakhe Jesilumbi abuyele
kulendzabuko laKhoisan X. Bantfu labafana naNdvunankhulu weMphumalanga
Kapa, uMfundisi Arnold Stofile nanaye sewuntjintjele egameni lakhe lesintfu
laMakhenkesi. Empeleni lowo akafuni nani kutsi abitwe nga-Arnold. Ndvunankhulu
weGauteng, Sam Shilowa sewusebentisa Iigama lakhe lasekhaya laMbazima
akasabitwa ngalela Sam. Akugcini lapho, neNdvuna lephetse Utiko leTemsebenti,
Sheperd Mdladlana, sewubuyele egameni lakhe lasekhaya laMembathisi. Lomunye
lolandzele labaholi yiNdvuna yeTekuvikela, Patrick Lekota, sewuntjintjile nanaye
sewusebentisa ligama lasekhaya laMosia. Banyenti kabi labalandzele labaholi,luhla
ludze kakhulu. Bhengu, (1975) ubukeka ayitsandza kakhulu indzaba yekusebentisa
emagama asekhaya futsi uyakhombisa kubaluleka kwalamagama. Asesimuve
nakabeka ngemagama atsi:
Generally speaking Africans value their names. A traditional
African name is a religious mark of personal and human
identification. It is a symbol of honour and respect for the
physical environment in which the human experience flourishes
positively or negatively.
(Bhengu, 1975:52).
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