Khenani Makhoba

Dkt Khenani Lloyd Makhoba (* Ntulikazi 1954-† Nhlaba 2019) ngungoti wesiZulu owabe engumlobi wezincwadi zolimu lwesiZulu futhi wayephinde aba ngumfundisi eNyuvesi yakwaZulu ekhempasini yasoNgoye, efundisa isiZulu emkhakheni weziLimi namaSiko ase-Afrika (African Languages and Culture. UMakhoba ungomunye wabantu ababa negalelo elikhulu ekuthuthukiseni ulimi lwesiZulu. Ngaphandle kokufundisa isiZulu Ongoye wabuye wabhala incwadi esihloko sithi: Amancoko Okuqala lapho ebhala khona ngamahlaya esiZulu angahumusheki kahle uma eyiswa olimini lwesiZulu . 

Impilo yobusha nemfundo
UMakhoba wazalelwa endaweni yaseNembe ezalwa nguMbuyiseni kaMkhosi Makhoba kuthi unina kube ngu-Ebhi kaMaphumulo Makhoba. Ufunde ezkoleni eziningana, ezamabnaga aphansi kubalwa lezi, KwaNomakhanzana Primary School esindaweni yasePort Shepstone wabuye wafunda naseSibanini Primary SChool eMthwalume. Wadlulela kulezi zikole, eMafumbuka Primary Waphinda wafunda eManyuswa Senior Primary School, okuyisikole samabanga aphansi esiseMlazi. Imfundo yamabanga aphezulu wayifundela Ekwazini High  School okuysikole esiMlazi. Umatikuletsheni wakhe wawuphothulela esikoleni samabanga aphakeme eMenzi High School naso okuysisikole esiseMlazi . 

Emava kukuphothula imfundo yamabanga aphezulu wathola imfundo ephakeme eNyuvesi yakwaZulu ekhempasini yasoNgoye lapho ayefundela khona iziqu zobuthishela. Wabuye waphothula izifundo ze-Maters olimini lwesiZulu eNyuvesi yakwaZulu lapho ayebuye afundise khona. 

Umsebenzi
Umsbenzi wobuthishela wawuqala esikoleni samabanga aphekeme eKwazini High School, wadlulela lapha waba nguthishanhloko eGagasini High School. Waphinde wafundisa eMpumalanga College kanye naseNyuvesi yaseDurba-Westville. UMakhoba wahinde waba yiskhulu esibehkele amfa namasiko enhlanganwe yamasiko yaseNingimu Afrika eyaziwa ngokuthi (South African Heritage Resource Agency (SAHRA)). Ekuqhubekeni nemsbenzi yakhe uMakhoba wayebuye abhale engosini ebizwa ngokuthi Masicobelelane eyayiba esphephandabeni Ilanga. Emva kwalokhu waphinde wathola ithuba lokuba abhale kwenye ingosi ebizwa ngokuthi Inkundla Yokucobelelana eba sephephndabeni Isolezwe . 

UMakhoba wayephinde abe ngumlobi futhi abe ngumfundisi phecelezi lecturer, ngalokho waloba izincwadi ezingi iningi lalezi zincwadi zabe zifundwa ezikoleni zamabanga aphansi kanye naphezulu. Waphinde wabe ngumfundisi eNyuvesi yakwaZulu lapho ayefundisa khona ubuGugu kanye nolimilwesiZulu emkhakheni weziLimi namaSiko ase-Afrika lesi isikhundla asibamba waze wadlula emhlabeni . 

Imisebenzi
imisebenzi kaMakhoba kubalwa kuyo izindaba ezimfishane, izinkondlo, izincwadi, kanye nobuciko bomlomo konke okubhalwe ngolimi lwesiZulu. Kweminye imisbenzi wabe esebenzisana nabanye ongoti besiZulu . 

Izindaba ezimfishane
 1993 - Umlilo Kazokhele, Actua Press
 1995 - Umuthi Othi Thi Ibanga lesi-8,9, Van Schaik Publishers
 ?    - Inhliziyo Eyophayo  
 2006 - Sidla Ingqatho neFutho, Afritude
 ?    - Ulozolo
Izinkondlo
 1995 - Umpheme Wempilo Ibanga lesi-6, Van Schaik Publishers
 1996 - Umpheme Wempilo Ibanga lesi-7, Van Schaik Publishers
 1998 - Umpheme Wempilo Ibanga lesi-8, Van Schaik Publishers
Ubuciko bomlomo
 2014 - Uju Lwezizukalwane, Oxford University Press
 ?    - Amancoko
Ama-eseyi
 ?    - Sikhula ngokuxoxisana
 2014 - Amagugu Esizwe, Shuter & Shooter
Izincwadi
 2017 - Amancoko Okuqala, Zululand Univeristy Press

Kusukela ngonyaka we-2015 uMakhoba ubebhala ingosi eshicilelwa ngoLwesibili ephephandabeni lesiZulu eliphuma zinsuku zonke Isolezwe. Lengosi ibizwa ngokuthi Inkudla yokucobelelana Ngobugugu kulengosi ubebhala ngsizindlela ezifanele zokusebezisa ulimi lwesiZulu. Kuyo loengosi ubebuye abhale ngemilando yamagame, izisho, izaga njll. 

Ukudlula emhlabeni
UMakhoba wadlula emhlabnei ngokuzuma okukhulu, ngokubika kwabezindaba kuthiwa watholakala andlini ayeqashe kuyo njongoba ayefundisa enyivesi engasekho emhlabeni. Imbangela yokufa yanbe ingatholakali, wedlula emhlabeni kwakungakapheli ngisho isonto ethweswe iziqu zobudokotela yiNyuvesi yakwaZulu.  

Ukuhlonishwa
Ngonyaka we-2019 iNyuvesi yakwaZulu UMakhoba yamhlonipha ngeziqu zobudokotela ukugqhakambisa igalelo ayelinambili ekuthuthukiseni uLimi lwesiZulu kanye nasekufundiseni ngamaGugu.

Imithombo

Category:Abazalwa nge-1954
Category:Ababhali besiZulu
Category:Abantu baseNingizimu Afrika
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Category:Abafa nge-2019