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Makers and Shapers

Bikwayo ka Noziwawa

  • Person
  • [18-?] - YYYY

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Bikwayo kaNoziwawa was of the Ngobamakosi regiment. His grandfather Mzizima was king's messenger to all of the 'low country of Tongaland'. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1903.]

Bazley, William

  • 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 William Bazley. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1907.]

Bond, Mr

  • 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 Mr. Bond of Bond's Drift. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1914.]

Bongani Mkhatshwa

  • 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 Bongani Mkhatshwa. He was interviewed by Dumisa Dlamini on behalf of the Swaziland Broadcasting Service at the Swaziland Broadcasting Service in Swaziland in 1982.]

Bru de Wold, Col HT

  • 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 Colonel H.T. Bru-de-Wold, Commandant of Natal Volunteers from 1902 to 1907. He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1906.]

Bulawako Ginindza

  • 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 Bulawako Ginindza. He was interviewed by Philip Bonner in the Embekelweni area of Swaziland in 1970.]

Baron Anatole von Hügel

  • Person
  • 1854 - 1928

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using MAA website: Baron Anatole von Hügel was of mixed Austrian aristocratic and Scottish descent, and grew up between Italy, Belgium, and England. His father had a wide-ranging interest in ethnography, zoology, and botany. Von Hügel studied at Stonyhurst, a Catholic College in Lancashire, from 1871-73, but was advised to undertake a long sea voyage for his health, and decided to visit Australia. During his time in Australia, von Hügel mixed in scientific circles, ended up conducting scientific research in Fiji. He returned to England in 1877, where he made contacts in Cambridge. In 1884 he was appointed the first Curator of what was then called the Museum of General and Local Archaeology at the University of Cambridge, a position he would hold for the next thirty-eight years. During his time as Curator, he donated his own materials from his time in Fiji, he raised money to construct the new premises of the museum at Downing Street, and oversaw the move to this location. He also corresponded with collectors, travellers, and researchers from around the world, and steadily built up the collections at the Museum. He died in 1928.]

Baleni ka Silwana

  • Person
  • [18-?] - YYYY

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Baleni kaSilwana of the Mpungose people was a part of the Dhloko regiment. He was born in Dingaga's reign at the White Umfolozi in the Mahlabatini valley. kaSilwana was interviewed by James Stuart in 1914.]

Baleni ka Mlalaziko

  • Person
  • [18-?] - YYYY

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Baleni kaMlalaziko's mother was from the Ngcobo people. He was apparently related to Socwatsha and was interviewed by James Stuart in 1918.]

B. Haynes

  • Person
  • Unknown

[Source - Nessa Leibhammer for FHYA, 2016, using MAA materials: B. Haynes donated material collected by C.B.H. Haynes to the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge on behalf of the Haynes family.]

Antel, Mr

  • Person
  • [18-?] - YYYY

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using KCAL materials: Mr. Antel lived in Nonoti in the Lower Tugela Division, and was a clerk for Captain Walmesley (a Natal Border Agent). He was interviewed by James Stuart in 1900 at Impendhle.]

Alice Werner

  • Person
  • 26 June 1859 - 9 June 1935

[Source - Nessa Leibhammer for FHYA , 2017, using Wikipedia: Alice Werner was a writer, poet, and teacher of the ‘Bantu’ language. After visiting Nyasaland in 1893 and Natal in 1894, much of her writings focused on African themes. She was a professor of Swahili and Bantu languages at the School of Oriental and African Studies and the University of London, which she joined in 1917. She retired in 1929. Following this retirement, she was awarded the title of Emeritus Professor from SOAS. In 1931 she was awarded the Silver Medal of the African Society, of which she was Vice-President.] 

Alfred Cort Haddon

  • Person
  • 24 May 1855 - 20 April 1940

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2017, using the Cambridge University Library website: Alfred Cort Haddon was a zoologist, ethnologist, and anthropologist in the late 1800s to the early 1900s. He was a lecturer at the University of Cambridge and was a Fellow of Christ’s Church. His papers, and their associated materials, were deposited at the Cambridge University Library by the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in 1968. This material is housed in the Special Collections at CUL, specifically within the Manuscripts and University Archives, as well as in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge.]

A. Mgoma

  • Person
  • [18-?] - YYYY

[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2018, using The Collection of Father Franz Mayr Zulu Recordings 1908, CD booklet: A. Mgoma was the wife of Nogwaja, who was the chieftain of the Makabela people. She was recorded by Father Franz Mayr in around 1908.]

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