the pedi are zulus who lost the zulu kingdom seat when the zulus were defeated by the dutch prior to 1879. these zulus were led by the dinka or king dingaan, king shakas brother -- the digo or diko or zelemu or ntombela or tobela. then, the current line of kings took over, called mpande or pate or bande or ndawu or tau or tunga or mntungwa, tau = lion or dawuduna, mbhense, yamela/jamela = jama + ela clan of chad/jadu. bande means mathe = mande -- the main line of mande kings of africa. we are descendents of sogolo and silulu/milalulu or keslul or marib/mariba yemenite jews who settled and established the sahel kingdoms of mali and the subsequent kingdoms that came with mali's decline. i as a zwane, am also praised: madi. madi along with nian/nyan, nien/nyen and mali are the names the kingdom of mali from the 12th century was called in west africa.