Abstract:
Ndzavisiso lowu wu thyiwile Nxopaxopo wa Nkoka wa Tinsimu ta Thomas Hasani Chauke
eka ku Tlakusa na ku Hluvukisa Xitsonga na Ndhavuko wa Vatsonga (An Analysis of the
Role of Thomas Hasani Chauke’s Songs in the Development and Promotion of Xitsonga and
Vatsonga Culture). Xikongomelonkulu xa ndzavisiso lowu i ku xopaxopa vuyimbeleri bya
Thomas Hasani Chauke byi wu tirheke hakona ku ku tlakusa na ku hluvukisa Xitsonga na
ndhavuko wa Vatsonga hakona. Hi lembe ra 1996 Vumbiwa bya tiko lebyi byi hlohlotelaka
leswaku tindzimi hinkwato ta khumen’we ta ximfumo ti fanele ku khomiwa ku ringana byi
pasisiwile. Kambe loko hi xiya hi kuma leswaku tindzimi ta Vantima ta ha ri eka xiyimo xa le
hansi swinene. Huvo ya Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB) leyi simekiweke ku
ringeta ku tlakusa na ku vona leswaku tindzimi hinkwato ta ximfumo ta hluvuka yi kuma
swisolo eka vanhu lava pumbaka leswaku ntirho wa vona wu famba hi rivilo ra rimpfana. Leswi
swi endle leswaku van’watindzimi va sungula njhekanjhekisano wo lava tindlela to vona
leswaku tindzimi ta Vantima ta hluvukisiwa. Eka Xitsonga, muyimbeleri wo fana na Thomas
Hasani Chauke u le ku tlangeni ka xiave xikulu eka ku hluvukisa na ku tirhisa Xitsonga na ku
tlakusa ndhavuko wa Vatsonga hi vuyimbeleri byakwe. Ndzavisiso ku ya hi nkoka hi wona wu
nga ta tirhisiwa eka xitsalwana lexi. Tinsimu to hambanahambana leti eka nandzelelo wa yena
wa Shimatsatsa leti kandziyisiweke ku suka hi 1980 ku fika hi 2014 ti ta xopaxopiwa hi ku
tirhisa thiyori yo xopaxopa. Ndzavisiso lowu wu kumile leswaku Thomas Hasani Chauke u
tlanga xiave xikulu swinene eka ku tlakusa na ku hluvukisa Xitsonga na ndhavuko wa
Vatsonga. Matirhiselo ya yena ya ririmi na mikongomelo leyi a yimbelelaka hi yona hi swona
swi nga ta kombisa mhaka leyi.
