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Unkulunkulu

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Unkulunkulu

In the traditional beliefs of the Zulus of southern Africa, the primordial being who brought them from the reed bed where they were created, and determined their mortality.
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For example the terms (for God) uMdali, uHlanga, uMenzi, iNkosi yezulu, uMvelingqanqi and uNkulunkulu were commonly found among the branches of the Nguni, the Zulu-speaking as well as the Xhosa-speaking people (See Janet Hodgson.
The reason for studying African Religion in post-colonial Africa by Gathogo, Julius Mutugi / Currents in Theology and Mission
Uvelingqaki and Unkulunkulu are South African names for God.
Words from the pulpit: faith in a foreign land by Wright, Jeremiah A., Jr. / Cross Currents
 
 
 
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