UMphrofethi u-Isaiah Shembe

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 Imininingwane Yobuyena Unyaka wokuzalwa  1865 (umhlawumbiselo) Indawo yokuzalwa  Ntabamhlophe,Escout  Ubuzwe  OwaseNingizimu Afrika Umsebenzi  uMphrofethi,uMfundisi,uMshumayeli Wayeganwe  Nomaloyo Shabalala, Pikinini Sigasa, Notshwalane Ngwenya, Koti Hadebe Abantwana  Stenela,Galile,Amos, Zondi(indodakazi)  Imfundo  Wayengafundile Ukuhlala  EKuphakameni, eNanda, KwaZulu-Natal 
U-Isaya Mloyiswa Mdliwamafa Shembe (c. 1865 [1] [2] – 2 May 1935), wayengumphrofethi futhi umsunguli webandla lamaNazaretha , eNingizimu Afrika , okwakuyibandla elikhulu kunawo wonke elasungulwa e-Afrika ngesikhathi esaphila. [3] UShembe waqala umsebenzi wakhe wenkolo njengomvangeli ojikelezayo nomelaphi ngokholo ngo-1910. Phakathi neminyaka eyishumi, wayesezakhele abalandeli abaningi eNatali ngamabandla amaningi esifundazweni sonke. Kuze kube manje, kunokuvela ngokushesha kwamabandla ahleliwe kanye nemicimbi yabefundisi (ebanjelwe emathempelini akwaShembe) ezifundazweni eziyisishiyagalolunye zaseNingizimu Afrika.

Ukuzalwa kanye nempilo yobuncane 

Wazalwa ngo-1865, eNtabamhlophe (Estcourt Area), esifundeni saseDrakensberg eNatali. Wayenenzalo emsulwa yakwaZulu. Uyise uMayekisa wabafudusela eNtabazwe engakafiki. Umama wakhe uSitheya, indodakazi kaMalindi Hadebe, wazalelwa eMtimkulu. 

Umndeni kaShembe wasuka eNatal waya esifundeni sase-Harrismith esiseduze ne-Orange Free State ngeminyaka yawo-1880, wagcina lapho njengabaqashile emndenini wamaBhunu okuthiwa amaGrabes. INkosi yakhe kwakunguConrad Grabes, umnikazi wePulazi laseBuwelshoek [5] UShembe osemncane ubonakala esebenzela lo mndeni wamaBhunu, futhi wachitha isikhathi eside esebenza namahhashi epulazi. Kunomlando omningi wesiko le-hagiographic eliphathelene noShembe omncane. Kuthiwa washona wavuswa eneminyaka emithathu lapho inkunzi yenkomo yafa isigubhukane, “ithenga umphefumulo wayo”. Kuthiwa wayevakashelwa nguNkulunkulu izikhathi eziningi kule minyaka.