Umvelinqangi

UMvelinqangi kalma ce ta Nguni wadda ke fassara zuwa "Maɗaukaki" ko "Ilimin Allah"; wannan ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin tushen duk abin da ya kasance, wato, da kuma duk abin da zai kasance.

UMvelinqangi, sabanin yadda aka yi imani da shi a ko'ina  ba a bayyana shi a matsayin mutum ba. An bayyana Umvelinqangi daidai a matsayin mahaliccin dukkan abubuwa, ba namiji ba, ba mace ba, ba duka biyun ba, ba ruhu ba amma ba za a iya kwatantawa ba.

Sujada ( Ukukhothama ) ta kasance al'adar da ta yaɗu kafin a fara amfani da ita a matsayin ta Yamma a tsakanin ƙabilar Zulu . Ana ɗaukar Ukukhothama a matsayin hanyar cimma ubunye noMvelinqangi (haɗin kai da Allah). Wannan al'ada ita ce babbar dalilin da ya sa ƙabilar Zulu ta rayu tsawon shekaru ba tare da wani nau'in albarkatun yamma/na zamani ba.

 Littattafan tarihi 


 Rev. Canon Callaway, Unkulunkulu: The tradition of creation as existing among the Amazulu and other tribes of South Africa, 1868