!Kwi-Cradle
Ngokwemvelo, iqembu lokuqala elibonakalayo emhlabeni jikelele yiBushman noma iSan, ohlala ezindaweni eziningi zaseNingizimu Afrika kusukela eminyakeni engaba ngu-30 000 edlule. I-Them! Kwilimi kanye nobuciko obukhulu be-rock ebuyele ezinkulungwaneni zeminyaka (i-rockest engraving endala ingu-70 000 ubudala futhi imidwebo emidala kunazo zonke ezineminyaka engu-27 000 ubudala), ngokucacile ukuthi iNingizimu Afrika iyindawo lapho intuthuko yanamuhla iqala khona.
Njengoba i-Cradle ye-Humankind esifundeni ihlale inesidingo esikhulu semidlalo, enezigodi ezinamanzi amaningi kanye nomhlabathi ovundile, akuyona into engekho-brainer ukuthi izizwe zamaBushman zizohlala kule ndawo. Ubufakazi balokhu bungatholakala emgodini waseKruger, phakathi kweRustenburg ne-Cradle of Humankind, lapho abavubukuli bathola khona izintambo namathuluzi amatshe avela eminyakeni engu-7000. Ama-Bushmen artefacts atholakale emgodini wase-Uitkomst eJohn Nash Nature Reserve, kanti nokuqoshwa kwamatshe amaningi kuye kwatholakala kule ndawo.
AbakwaBushman babeyizinkolelo zobuchwepheshe beLate Stone Age, kodwa eminyakeni engaba ngu-1000 eyedlule, iminyaka yobudala yensimbi yaqala eNingizimu Afrika nokufika kweBantu. Lezi zizwe ezifudukayo zase zihamba kancane kancane kuleli zwekazi kusukela ekhaya labo lokuqala eNtshonalanga Afrika iminyaka eyizinkulungwane ezimbalwa, futhi zaletha nobuchwepheshe obusha obuvela eMpumalanga Ephakathi, njengezolimo, ukulima kwezinkomo kanye nokukwazi ukugcoba futhi bakha insimbi. Lokhu kuzobahlukanisa nabakwaBushman abahlala emadolobheni abangenazo izimfuyo zabo.
Ntu ku-Cradle
Igama elithi 'Bantu' livela olimini lwempande (Ntu) ukuthi izizwe eziningi zanamuhla e-Afrika zisabelana ngezinga elithile. Njengoba behlala eNingizimu Afrika, baqala ukuzihlela emaqenjini ahlukene, ngamunye enezilimi zawo kanye namasiko abo. I-Nguni (iSwazi, Zulu nesiXhosa) bakhetha ukuhlala ngasogwini, bezihlela eMisi amancane (izindlu) ezazilawulwa uhlelo lwezinduna kanye nezinhloko.
IsiSuthu (kufaka phakathi isiSwana nesiPedi), ngakolunye uhlangothi, sihlala ezindaweni eziphakeme zendawo yangaphakathi futhi sathuthuka sibe ngamancane angaphansi kwamaqembu angama-60. Bakhetha ukuhlala emiphakathini emikhulu yabantu abangaba ngu-15 000, futhi uhlelo lwabo lukahulumeni lubonakala luyintando yeningi.
Ngo-1500AD, amalungu esizwe sakwaSuthu / Tswana base behambele endaweni yase Cradle of Humankind baqala ukuzenza ekhaya. Kunezizwe ezimbili ezinkulu, i-BaPo kanye ne-Kwena ba ka Mmatau, nezinsalela zezitsha zabo zensimbi, izinsika zamatshe nezinkomo zabo, kanti nobumba obuhlukile buye kwatholakala ezindaweni eziningi eC Cradle of Humankind. Kwaphela iminyaka engamakhulu ambalwa, lezi zizwe zaziphila ngokuthula nokuthula.
Translated by Nsika Khoza