By Zulumathabo Zulu © 2015 Nahanotsebo – African Theory of Knowledge – Part I In the previous article Nahanotsebo – African Theory of Knowledge – Part I, we discussed the idea as per the historical version of the English colonizers that when they arrived in South Africa, our African ancestors did not know how to… Continue reading Nahanotsebo – African Theory of Knowledge – Part II

By Zulumathabo Zulu © 2015 I had gained some ground The winnings inbound Basking in the sun Like master of my destiny For too long in a doldrum Now, like fresh curriculum First time in the black but fortune began to reverse Swayed like transverse When winds began to erase Defeat began to encase Disregard… Continue reading Never To Be Expunged

By Zulumathabo Zulu © 2015 With more than two-thirds of the African population under 30, we are definitely the continent of the future. The Agenda 2063 as a 50 year strategy is visionary. As the indefatigable strategist and leader of the African Union, Dr. Nkosazana Zuma is leading the African continent in the right direction… Continue reading A Tribute To African Unity

By Zulumathabo Zulu © 2015 She was halfway there Rocket train unaware Toronto like dangerous motion Baby stroller trapped between Mother also trapped between Locomotion like Trojan Every hope to abandon Instinctive grasp to assist I jumped to pull her inside Holding doors like override Hypnotized like trance Train’s jaws in severance Flanked by approaching… Continue reading A Woman and Baby at Subway

By Zulumathabo Zulu © 2015 Basotho babatle. Ketsena ditaba tsa baholoholo le bonkgono. Moo re thotseng teng tsebo ya kgale ya dinaledi. Hoya kgahlisa hotataiswa ke bona ka ditaba tsena tsa bonono, nalane le boqhweleqhwele ba bona. Hare bokeng ka ditaba tsena. Thokoza makhosi! Maobane keile ka sebedisa motlanyatso hotshwantshisa kgutlotharo eo leebonang setshwantshong sena… Continue reading Kgutlotharo – Kgwedi, Sefalaboho le Tosa

By Zulumathabo Zulu © 2015 Mannuku Wa Naledi Mannuku wa Naledi Mannuku wa Naledi A phaphatheha matsweleng ho Mannuku sefubeng Mannuku Badimung Mannuku Badimung mophaphathehi moshanyana ho Mannuku qhobosheyane Atshireletswa matsweleng Ho Mannuku sefubeng Mannuku reyao leboha Mannuku qhobosheyane Contextual Commentary When Mr. Moses Masondo kicked the boy out of his home at Orlando East… Continue reading Mannuku Wa Naledi

By Zulumathabo Zulu © 2015 To arise above ground To transcend earthbound Others require airspeed He advances without airspeed How is that possible? To lift himself above ground Using vertical lift To go beyond gravity The caterpillar is earthbound The seagull is heaven-bound The vulture requires airspeed The seagull without airspeed He rises like didactic… Continue reading The Great Seagull

By Zulumathabo Zulu © 2015 Introduction and Background There is a very interesting numerical concept among the Basotho of South Africa known as Tshelela which means the crossing. The immediate question that arises is: crossing to where? They are crossing over to the new base of ten from the old base of five. This then… Continue reading The African Origin of Mathematics – Paper

By Zulumathabo Zulu © 2015 Abstract An African village of Matamong possesses a design theory of letanta an artifact used to catch small animals like nogwaja. Letanta is designed within the confines of a set of irreducible invariants and the requirement to venerate the spirits. The premise of this design philosophy is to reduce and… Continue reading The Design Theory of Letanta

By Zulumathabo Zulu © 2015 Abstract Technological Innovation using indigenous knowledge systems in Africa is almost non-existent in modern scientific and engineering literature. This apparent hiatus of African technological artifacts by the African inventors tends to make it appear as though the African natives had neither the interest nor the intellectual curiosity to solve unique… Continue reading African Telegraphy and Indigenous Innovation