Talk:Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa

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I received news last year - 2005 - that Credo Mutwa had died. Apprarently this was published in South African Press. This would need to be verified.

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I don't think he's dead - everyone in the country would have heard about it. I haven't heard anything like that! Was it last year or the year before when he (reportedly) claimed that he had been abducted by aliens? This article looks good, so far... Zyxoas (talk to me - I'll listen) 22:29, 2 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Someone told me that he was stabbed to death after revealing that Cecil Rhode's has a living descendant named David Rhodes (aka Fantana) of Britain. ~~ A Muslim ~~ 74.181.32.91 (talk) 02:07, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I saw/heard him at a talk in Cape Town in 2007. Wizzy…☎ 09:54, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merge Credo Mutwa and Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa

Nothing new on that page. Just redirect to this. Wizzy…☎ 12:11, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There is no place named "Natal" in South Africa and the guy's not a "witchdoctor". I actually think that the article should be deleted and this article should be moved there, since his first name is important (and Credo Mutwa would redirect to there). Good idea? Zyxoas (talk to me - I'll listen) 13:55, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fine by me. Wizzy…☎ 14:10, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So who'll do the deleting? Or do we need to VfD AfD MfD StD it? Zyxoas (talk to me - I'll listen) 14:24, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It needs an admin to :-

remove Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa
move this page there.

That would preserve the history of this page. OTOH, we could :-

edit Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa to redirect here.

The second does not need admin privs, and leave the primary page as Credo Mutwa. (but it wouldn't be hard to find an admin). It is basically about which history we want to preserve, which would be this history. Wizzy…☎ 14:45, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree about the history, but I think the title with his first name is more appropriate. Yes? Zyxoas (talk to me - I'll listen) 15:36, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merged. I copied and pasted the article text to this location. The history is available here. I moved the talk page without copying and pasting, so the talk history is available through the usual history link on the talk page. Zaian 11:28, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Zaian. Who needs article histories anyway? But some people might complain (not likely in this case)... Zyxoas (talk to me - I'll listen) 12:36, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone agree with me that this page should address Credo's claimed experiences with the chitauli? A good interview is here:http://www.metatech.org/credo_mutwa.html

Removal of frivolous link.

The fact that he and David Icke are friends does not merit their pages being mutually linked in their respective "See also" sections. It sounds like someone doesn't care for Credo Mutwa forever reason and wants to damn him by association with an iconic crackpot. You might like conservapedia better if that's how you think an encyclopedia should work. Wormwoodpoppies (talk) 15:24, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

predictions

i hear he predicted Chris Hani's death, former President Thabo Mbeki not finishing his term and that former President of the USA was going to have problems in the month of September how true or accurate are these predictions41.246.244.183 (talk) 10:18, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.36.218.50 (talk) 11:42, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

IS IT TRUE?

Is is true that he was the official storyteller and historian of the zulu nation?

Yes, Credo Mutwa confirmed to me around 2002 he is the historian of South African people including Zulu, his own tribe. --Ramon Thomas 21:18, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Also, is it true that when he published indaba, my children (from which he received not one cent), he was telling the sacred stories of the zulu nation, and for this he was 'excommunicated' from the zulu nation as it were. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.132.139.159 (talk) 10:11, 23 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, this is a myth. He received a lump sum payment from the Van Selm family. I confirmed this after an exhaustive research into this matter by contacting publishers worldwide, identifying where royalty payments were going, and finally the daughter of the man who bought the rights to Inbaba, My Children from Credo Mutwa. Remember he is over 90 years old, and maybe his own memory has failed him due to the stress of the 1976 incident which forced him to leave Soweto. --Ramon Thomas 21:18, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Um. If it is true that "he was the official storyteller and historian of the zulu nation" then maybe the article should mention that??? Even if it's not true the fact that he claims this should be mentioned. Either or... MrN9500 (talk) 03:40, 25 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox - duplication?

The infobox contain two elemenst that to my mind duplicate the same concept: "Occupation: Author" and "Known for: Sangoma, Story-Telling, Sculptor" Why can't all tjose go under "occupation"? Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 15:06, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]