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Nangabe batali bemntfwana bafa emalunga emndeni lasele ayamnakekela<br />
lowo mntfwana. Broodryk (200:96) utsi:<br />
There is no orphan in traditional Africa. If the natural parents <strong>of</strong> a<br />
child die, the other fathers and mothers in the extended family<br />
automatically take over the custody <strong>of</strong>the child.<br />
Ngesintfu nakwentile intfombi yatfola unmtfwana ingakendzi, lomntfwana<br />
akutsiwa yintsandzane , kutsiwa ngumasalekhaya. Usebentisa sibongo sakhe<br />
mbamba Lomntfwana ukhulela ekhabonina Nakwentekile unina endze<br />
embili kumbe ashone lomntfwana unakekelwa ngumalume wakhe. Ziervogel<br />
(1957:98) ufakaza utsi:<br />
Malume uyamtsandza lImsbana Nangabe lodzadze wabo asashonile,<br />
'uyamnakekela lomshana kantsi nangabe lomshana asanemuti wakhe,<br />
Malume uyaya ayomvuseIa.<br />
Uchuba atsi:<br />
Nakube lomshana ahlangabetana netinkinga, ubikela Malume wakhe.<br />
Nangabe asafuna kuteka umfati, utjela malume wakhe ngentfombi<br />
Iesayibonile,<br />
Ngaleso sizatfu ngelisiko lesintfu, lusendvo luyahlangana lubutsane. Akekho<br />
umuntfu lobonakala ayintsandzane. Ngekulahleka kwemasiko -ke kwente<br />
kutsi bantfwana batfolakale emigwacweni hadla nasemigcomeni yetibi.<br />
Imindeni lephila kuletinsuku ayitsandzi kuhlala nebantfwana labangasibo<br />
bayo ngobe yesaha kondla kantsi futsi nebantfwana balamuhla abekbutwa.<br />
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