The following are pictures and artist impressions of life among the Ngoni and fellow Nguni (i.e. the Zulus, Swazis, Xhosa, Ndebeles and ngoni) that I have collected and continue to collect. This will help the study of the similarities and differences between us the Ngoni and our brothers and sisters down south.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKJEIMPDLwHylFpTdS6wUEK4DUf8mAYHHCk1jhWqfeRn1BN1XhEP5s1IyBSONUH4sZc3HFjOlMVLA1mmZ4MnMi8oxY21u2swCYHwCMfztdlBHBnMavDe9tbrcGnJsR7QliTDrvycsyYY/s800/zulu%20men%20isicoco(head%20ring).jpg) |
Zulu men in the 1880s mending the isicoco (headring made with wax) of his fellow. Isicoco was a badge for a matured, married man. |
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From Zulu Photos |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXx8m2avqh7RosY079PWf5ZrOjGqJw5d8TW37rAWD67UEebYdAXTczoM6Eb9W2wAvDbphXawoNUakb2oAZQ_PsmOVZRAPxI_2t4P9yOg67-whaJQukPO3mUYrzaTXhzODPIH3brh8HsnA/s800/Inside%20of%20a%20traditional%20zulu%20hut%20in%201800s.jpg) |
Interior of a Zulu hut as seen by a 19th century traveller. |
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From Zulu Photos |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9y3jSJK2ZqzU0nEl8e06BDeinJMH7iYNvYvcCakghTPS4EzZ6zBfiLTz2o1SK5PqqEvxgPl0vqhuTxhxopjqURECoNYhLyROnEtLt46VoJGRtcgFc7DCsTfQKaGbr4drSPSg3QijWkw0/s400/montagu%20before%20Chikuse.jpg) |
An artist Impression of a meeting between Keith Montagu a European Explorer and adventurer and Inkosi yamakhosi Chikuse of the Maseko Ngoni of Mozambique and Nyasaland seated with his advisors and sorrounded by local people at Domwe in the 1880s. |
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From Some of the Earliest Pictures Of The Ngoni |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVF72gqDHTJNDs_C3QOxYbiqWn3DDfHwAl45CHsYRheBiP-_7g0Txoz1KDzAVDcRAdulE6p1UGaBZPaCJ_JRQhkvuOHeMJN_l3XtUUbu76k8f62Q3feVmwO8wI2zBhryBEF0wfpOg8Y1M/s800/zulu%20girls%20in%201800s.jpg) |
Zulu maidens as photographed by an early photographer. |
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From Zulu Photos |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8SMH3Qv4E4IZsQ_fZCosvwk8it_s5wKfGbze2EmstwwEzUzfe3DMcDx5GASUk4tzna77z2d39QkYzf4-qIjmHUh5LppQJVcf3wrv0KruSYYRQThjF5yRc5Xn1Fyx3cPXRLxrJd-unhQ/s400/Typical_Ngoni_Ladies.gif.jpg) |
Nyasaland Ngoni ladies mixing traditional and modern clothing in the early 19th century. The lady on the left is Inkosi Mtwalo II's wife and the one on the right is a teacher's wife. The chief's wife has a band of lion and leopard claws on her head and neck, for these are the property of the chief. They both wear the large ivory ear ornaments. |
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From Some of the Earliest Pictures Of The Ngoni |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZJAAtvWev89pukRIaqpeiLcQbc483prGEs5kvIqK3FKFYZUjk-ksS89F4B70wbcjz3hQazCjWf3RKol_Vzw0Iw17ZUVX_yw7ltMP8OpY4I4Rp1_KanvE9m8VvQoEf5dzckSfxHfoEOMk/s800/zulu%20madonna%201800s.jpg) |
A Zulu madonna in the early 19th Century. |
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From Zulu Photos |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1OhuhjzZKrOTDlO7rhvXB-ST1fxht8vQTEt3u_rtWC__9KyanZ8098TdEYsuPjWN0cJ-V4BnVhwQOHdfjg75CTPZlgzFaUJv1Q9654O8bSfvY2zHqvbCBWGSZuYXVkv9q99CDNy-4Xh8/s800/zulu%20warriors.jpg) |
A group of Zulu warriors just before the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879 |
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From Zulu Photos |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8CDsAEqwJU11uuUV8Fi-nEMoDr5oCb6i2PJSqlksibtHYgyQojh8RY35g49yG6kiy865n_wsfGKB0m9B9Btg1Qy65UOsj40sJjccPZ5J_-QXem36v5UaVy9KOrd9qiiHd4fiULBhDYgc/s800/zulu%20warrior%201800s.jpg) |
A Zulu warrior in full ceremonial regalia during the English Zulu War in 1879. |
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From Zulu Photos |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAUhzttjkn2ZQvyfMKB1BGgh4b7hYhifHSOQ42QGP12gb2hRqgjXtjzduLyHApWuSCI__dDz53x-whUsc05ZGYYeWvhW1uxvF7QkzeVctjFaFONj___GYXpJTh9twUhWM-vbBigGLueY/s800/dinizulu.jpg) |
Dingane, Shaka Zulu's half brother, assassin and successor from a drawing by the missionary Allen Gardener. |
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From Zulu Photos |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn71NBhW_FzhoATrY_8WgQf8pneu0XKrbC0j1mIHpiLs0Sv1Nay3I4xEW7_d5F7hA94n1FxtVQLbIBe5pQg-w9D6A3DNEYAAsrmdx_6JuJOIb8OI7oQr3tsC7ymnIkxM7imiu0__m487s/s1600/wife_of_angoni_chieftain_in_1936.jpg) |
A wife of a Maseko Ngoni chief from Mozambique in 1936. |
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