The family of the late Zulu King, Shaka Zulu is fighting tooth and nail to have their legacy contained and to have their stories told their way. Or so we assume, looking at how there is a drama with two productions concerning Shaka Zulu.
If it isn’t the Shaka Ilembe drama between the production crew and the respective families, it’s Meshack Mavuso’s play called Shaka Zulu: The Gaping Wound, which retells the story of Ilembe Eleqa Amanye Amalembe Ngokukhalipha.
In an interview with Drum Magazine, he revealed that he distanced himself from the noise caused by the families and has gotten his blessings from the current Zulu King, Misizulu kaZwelithini.
“I do not want to entertain this thing and be in trouble for something I do not know. The entire world knows him as Shaka Zulu. I sat down with the current King (King Misuzulu) and we spoke about this and I believed that was enough. Okunye nokunye, cha mina angikwazi (I don’t know about anything else).”
“Anything we do as Africans involves song and dance. When we mourn, we sing and dance. When we rejoice, we sing and dance, and even when we protest we sing and dance,” says Meshack.
“The story of Ilembe is internationally known and he is known as Shaka Zulu and so I cannot be expected to fix something that has nothing to do with me. I did not know of issues of inhlawulo (damages) that are between the families. If they want to sue anyone, they must sue those who wrote the history books and leave me alone. I must be excused from family issues.”
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This takes us back to the drama of the Mhlongo family and the Shaka Ilembe crew. The crew allegedly fought with the family after visiting Queen Nandi’s grave without permission from them.
However, this was rectified by one of the family members who said he had written to the crew and given them permission. “I am Reacting to the news that Nomzamo Mbatha and Shaka Ilembe crew invited themselves to Queen Nandi’s grave. That is not true. I’m the one who invited the Shaka Ilembe crew. They did not invite themselves as alleged. I wanted them to be there with us,” he said as quoted by the publication.
A previous report states that they were not granted any permission. “I was told by induna Ngelemu Mdlalose that a large group of people, including Nomzamo had invaded Queen Nandi’s grave. Mdlalose wanted to know if I knew or had authorised their visit. But I was also shocked and disturbed because I had no knowledge of the visit,” he told Daily Sun at the time. .
“Any guest or visitor in the area must report to the local induna and myself as a chief. But this was not the case. They simply went straight to the gravesite. We still don’t know why,” he added.
They had informed the chief about this incident.
Source-whatshotafrica
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