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Makers and Shapers

Nkuku ka Cangasa

  • Person
  • [18-?] - YYYY

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Nkuku kaCangasa was a member of the Nkwanyana offshoot of the Mpanza people. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1914.]

Nkonzo Hlatshwayo

  • Person
  • [19-?] - YYYY

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using WITS materials: Nkonzo Hlatshwayo (Hlatshwako) worked as an interviewer who worked on behalf of Carolyn Hamilton in Swaziland in the 1980s. He also worked as a transcriber and translator during for Hamilton's other interviews.]

Nungu ka Matshobana

  • Person
  • [18-?] - YYYY

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Nungu kaMatshobana was a member of Ntshingwayo's people, Zululand (Eshowe). He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1903.]

Ntulizwe ka Maqubandaba

  • Person
  • c.1882 - YYYY

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Ntulizwe kaMaqubandaba was born in roughly 1882. He was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment with hard labour for allegedly taking part in the Bambata rebellion. He maintained that he was not a rebel, and was the victim of a conspiracy. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1920 at High Brae (Stuart's home in Hilton, near Pietermaritzburg).]

Ntshelele ka Godide

  • Person
  • [18-?] - YYYY

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Ntshelele kaGodide (alias Nkobe) was a member of the Ntuli people and a part of the Uve regiment. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1918 and 1922. He was interviewed multiple times, and at least one of these interviews took place at Pietermaritzburg.]

Ntazini

  • Person
  • [18-?] - YYYY

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Ntazini. He was probably an employee of the Stuart household in Pietermaritzburg. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1910.]

Nsuze ka Mfelafuti

  • Person
  • [18-?] - YYYY

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Nsuze kaMfelafuti was born in the Nsuze district of Zululand and was a member of the Felapakati regiment and a part of the Ngcobo people. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1912.]

Nombatshana ka Gwadhlela

  • Person
  • c.1890 - YYYY

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Nombatshana kaGwadhlela was born in roughly 1890 and was a member of the Bengu people of the Ngcolosi people. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1921.]

Nomhoyi

  • Person
  • c.1858 - YYYY

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2018, using The Collection of Father Franz Mayr Zulu Recordings 1908, CD booklet: Nomhoyi was from Greytown, Natal, and was the adviser of chieftain Nogwaja of the Makabele people. He was recorded by Father Franz Mayr in around 1908. He was about 50 years old at the time of recording.]

Nondhleko

  • Person
  • c.1868 - YYYY

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2018, using The Collection of Father Franz Mayr Zulu Recordings 1908, CD booklet: Nondhleko was recorded by Father Franz Mayr in around 1908. She was married and was about 40 years old at the time of recording.]

Nozulela ka Hlangwana

  • Person
  • [18-?] - YYYY

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Nozulela kaHlangwana was a member of the Mdhlalose people. He lived in Natal. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1922.]

Nukani

  • Person
  • [18-?] - YYYY

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Nukani. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1900 in Ladysmith.]

Oliver Davies

  • Person
  • 7 May 1905 - 26 August 1986

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using material written by Val Ward of KZNM, and the obituary of Oliver Davies in the Natalia journal: Oliver Davies was born in Chelsea, London in 1905. He studied Classics at the University of Oxford. He worked as a lecturer in Archaeology and Ancient History at Queen’s University in 1930, and was appointed secretary of a committee of the British Association in 1935. In 1948 he moved to South Africa and took up the Chair of Classics at the University of Natal Pietermaritzburg. He left Natal in 1951, but returned in 1966 following his retirement from the University of the Gold Coast in Ghana. He started the Natal Branch of the South African Archaeological Society in 1949, and did voluntary work at the Natal Museum during his time in Natal, curating both his own and earlier collections. He became Keeper of Antiquities at Natal Museum in 1968 and in 1978 was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Literature by the University of Natal. He also looked after the archaeological collections and site records at the Natal Museum, until the appointment of Tim Maggs in 1971. For his services to archaeology in Natal he was made Life Patron of the Natal Branch of the South African Archaeological Society in 1986. Oliver Davies was murdered in his home on 26 August 1986.]

Ogle, John

  • Person
  • [18-?] - YYYY

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about John Ogle. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1914.]

Nyandza Nhlabatsi

  • Person
  • [19-?] - YYYY

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using WITS materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Nyandza Nhlabatsi. He was interviewed by Carolyn Hamilton in the Kazameya area of Swaziland in the 1980s.]

Oppenheimer Family

  • Family
  • Fl. 1917 - present

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using the SA History Online website and the De Beers Group website: The Oppenheimer family rose to prominence in the early 1900s when Ernest Oppenheimer founded the Anglo American Corporation to develop gold mining in South Africa. The Anglo American Corporation then became a major shareholder in De Beers. Ernest Oppenheimer was elected chairman of De Beers in 1929. Ernest's son, Harry Oppenheimer, joined the De Beers board in 1934, and succeeded his father as chairman following his death in 1957. In 1998 Nicky Oppenheimer succeeded his father Harry. Harry died in 2000. In 2012 the family's personal stake in De Beers was sold to Anglo American.]

Udo Horstmann

  • Person
  • [19-] - present

[Source - Nessa Leibhammer for FHYA, 2017, using Sandra Klopper, ‘South Africa’s Culture of Collecting: The Unofficial History’, in African Arts: Udo Horstmann is a private collector now living in Switzerland. As a businessman he lived in South Africa from 1970 to 1980. Horstmann bought in a focused way building up collections of African material including southern Africa. These he sourced from private collectors, dealers, auctions and curio shops in South Africa, Britain, Europe and the USA.]

Tununu ka Nonjiya

  • [18-?] - YYYY

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: At this time the FHYA has not been able to locate biographical information about Tununu kaNonjiya. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1903.]

Tshonkweni ka Mntungwana

  • Person
  • [18-?] - YYYY

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Tshonkweni kaMntungwana was a member of the Cele people, and was the chief in the Alexandra Division. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1899 and 1905.]

Tshisa ka Msingizana

  • Person
  • [18-?] - YYYY

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Tshisa kaMsingizana was a part of the abakwaMagcaba people, who were an offshoot of the abakwaMkhize or abaseMbo people. He interviewed by James Stuart in 1907 in Pietermaritzburg. He was roughly 37 years old when he was interviewed by Stuart.]

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