Endorsements

“You have made the history of your people come alive and I am convinced that whoever reads this book will find it enriching and critically engaging. The style of writing is personal and self-critical. That has made your version of the history of AmaZizi educational, informative, inspiring, provocative, engaging, challenging and insightful. Congratulations!”
Sibongiseni Mkhize
Historian and CEO of Robben Island

“In these days of African Rennaisance, where our educated intellectuals are calling for the rise of Africa, this book ...serves as a timely reminder that Africans have organic building blocks, the clans, which can be used to uplift the less fortunate by the better endowed. Centuries of colonial domination and racism have had such a profound impact on the psyche of the African that he tends to view recognition of his cultural identity as something to be ashamed of because his colonisers have told him that to be liberated and progressive you need to denounce that identity as it is tantamount to tribalism. The colonisers, on the other hand, continue to live out their dreams by sticking with each other. They look after each other wherever they may be. Upon reading this book AmaZizi will identify with its contents and, hopefully, revive their solidarity and honour their ascendants by ensuring that no Zizi will go hungry, sleep out in the cold or remain unclothed while their stomachs are full, live in palatial luxury, with more clothes than they need. Other clans should be aroused to act likewise... I recommend it.”
iNkosi Phathekile Holomisa (Ah! Dilizintaba)
Head of the Hegebe Clan, President of Contralesa
South African MP

“Jongisilo, I recognise your efforts in contributing to preserving this indigenous knowledge. Keep researching and writing.”
Tembi Tambo
South African Consul General to Hong Kong