Sehlare gola re go dule morithi
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Makua immigrated into central and southern Africa during the thrust of the southward Bantu migration between AD IOO and AD 400. The South African Makua population are centering on the present Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces. According to Batilo et al (1997:25) “this location coincides with the area in which the origins of Sotho-Tswana culture is presumed to have emanated before their migrations around 1300 to the Vaal area and later to their present habitats.” The intention of this book is to trace the descendants of Makua in South Africa. The focus of this book is on the descendants of Sehlare Makua. Though this book is still in the process of searching most of his descendants, a considerable amount of discoveries, through annual Makua reunions, has been made with regard to his descendants. The researcher is still studying who his grandparents, parents, siblings, wives and children were. In the next edition of this book (which will be the 4th edition), the researcher intends to have studied Sehlare Makua’s other wives and their descendants and Letlakana’s brothers and their wives and their descendants. At the end, every Sehlare Makua’s descendant shall have been invited to come forward and appear amongst the pages of this book. Currently, Makua in South Africa is subdivided into Makua Segašwane, Makua Segafa, Makua Hlabane, Makua Ledimo and Makua Swaedi. This does not mean that there are many different Makua in the country but these subdivisions emerged as they were naming each other according to their cultural and social activities.
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Makua immigrated into Central and Southern Africa during the thrust of the southward Bantu migration between AD 100 and AD 400. The South African Makua population are centering on the present Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces. According to Batilo et al. (1997, p. 25), “This location coincides with the area in which the origins of Sotho-Tswana culture is presumed to have emanated before their migrations around 1300 to the Vaal area and later to their present habitats.” The intention of this book is to trace the descendants of Makua in South Africa. The focus of this book is on the descendants of Sehlare Makua. Though this book is still in the process of searching most of his descendants. A considerable amount of discoveries through annual Makua reunions have been made with regard to his descendants. The researcher is still studying who his grandparents, parents, siblings, wives, and children were. In the next edition of this book (which will be the fourth edition), the researcher intends to study Sehlare Makua’s other wives and their descendants and Letlakana’s brothers and their wives and their descendants. At the end, every Sehlare Makua’s descendant shall be invited to come forward and appear among the pages of this book. Currently, Makua in South Africa is subdivided into Makua Segašwane, Makua Segafa, Makua Hlabane, Makua Ledimo, and Makua Swaedi. This does not mean that there are many different Makua in the country, but these subdivisions emerged as they were naming each other according to their cultural and social activities.
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Professor Thuledi Makua, a professional academic lecturer at the University of South Africa, an Open Distance Learning institution, obtained his DLitt et Phil (Doctor of Literature and Philosophy) from University of South Africa. A certified specialist genealogist registered with International Organization of Professional Genealogists (IAPO). He qualified as the genealogist from International Association of Professions Career College, New Jersey, USA. Prof Makua as a specialist genealogist, he researched the Makua families and intensively studied polygynous marriages and developed holistic health strategies to support men in polygyny. Anthropological studies especially genealogy, shaped his research in Makua history. He researched the Makua people in South Africa and beyond and his major research is specifically on the lineage of the old man known as Sehlare Makua. Sehlare Makua is believed to be the great-great-great-great-great grandfather whose descendants are scattered throughout South Africa. His wife or wives are not known and the researcher is still in the process of collecting data that may lead to her or their names.