Iam the descendant of the Dlamini early Architects of the Swazi Kingdom, Dlamini dynasty traces itself back to a chief Dlamini I (also known as Matalatala), who is said to have migrated with the Swazi people from East Afrika through Tanzania and Mozambique.
The offspring of Dlamini I (Matalatala), An Nguni group, migrated southwards along the eastern littoral from east Afrika, settled on the shores of Maputo Bay in the late 1400s under the leadership of Dlamini from whom the Dlamini Clan took their name (Swaziland National Trust Commission Undated; Beemer 1937, 55, 56).
In the late 17th century the Dlamini moved inland, settling on the banks of the Pongola River, but due to demographic and ecological factors found themselves in conflict with the neighbouring Ndwandwe Clan in the mid-1700s and they were forced to migrate north over the Lumbombo Mountains (Swaziland National Trust Commission Undated; Beemer 1937, 55, 56).
Under the leadership of Ngwane III the Dlamini settled in the Hlatikulu district and from this base, under his successors Ngvudgunye and Sobhuza I, they expanded, absorbing the heterogeneous groups of Sotho, Nguni and Tsonga they found settled there (Swaziland National Trust Commission Undated; Beemer 1937, 55, 56).
The consolidation of Dlamini hegemony was a complex process of conquest and absorption of survivors of some groups, the forced subjugation or voluntary submission of others along with the settlement of latter groups taking refuge within their territory (Beemer 1937, 56, 57).
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