Kwantu Feature: From Ndlovu to Nyathi: Exploring the Origins of Animal-based Surnames
The Aubrey Masango Show · 16 July 2026 · 48m
Speaker 1: Fourteen minutes after ten o'clock. Speaker 2: My guest is Professor musat Ulu, a cultural expert. And perhaps as I start good Speaker 2: evening to you, thank you so much for joining us. Speaker 3: Good evening, my brother and keivin it ud Good evening. Speaker 2: To your listenerss geeze sometimes yes true, yeah yeah. Let me read your question that Speaker 2: is already starting, prof and perhaps it will help us with a conversation. This listener Speaker 2: already asking questions is good evening, obs and Professor? Speaker 1: Can we say? Speaker 2: Surnames come from heroics and spirits displayed by the actual being and be seen through Speaker 2: spiritual eyes then then uttered. For instance, in football at Amazulu's FC development team, I Speaker 2: was called the Horse according to the way I played. My teammate No No one Speaker 2: where numza and also a computer. There was also a legendary u PSL player called Speaker 2: Moya o n were can can from such nicknames be developed into surnames? Speaker 1: Lastly, why some. Speaker 2: Is itagazel have both heroics, chieftaincy and a bit of profanity. There's a surname with Speaker 2: hoy Where's where's isbezong? Then the same surname there is in a country that and Speaker 2: so forth uh and he says thank you for a great topic. And I suppose Speaker 2: I'm asking where do surnames come from? And why is it that, particularly amongst the Speaker 2: people of Southern Africa, it is always connected to some sort of token, some sort Speaker 2: of animals, some sort of landmark.
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