Azaghvana E-Book 2003 - Flipbook - Page 178
was used as a synonym to refer to Vaghagaya as a successful place due to Dugh Viye’s strong
action.
Figure 12b shows that Kurana was the son of Vaghagaya's wife Yuwe Kasmaghwa. We do
not know whether she was his first wife, but infer that she was, because he was considered to
be the seventh born (thaghaya). Also, Kurana was 'left in the house' and had therefore most
likely inherited it. We will discuss the Dghweɗe system of inheritance later (Chapter 3.18),
but mention here that if there was no seventh-born son, the next older son would inherit. We
were told that Kurana married Wadive Mune and had three sons with her.
Figure 12b: Key marriages of Mughuze and Vaghagaya
Mughuze = Dugh Viye Hembe (Bughwithe)
|
Vaghagaya = Yuwe Kasmaghwa = Hudimche
|
|
Kurana = Wadive Mune
Kandile
______|____________
(Hudimche)
|
|
|
Karpa Dagwana
Kwachive
(Kurana Kwandama) (Kurana Basa)
I did not double check the positions of Vaghagaya's wives with my friends in Hudimche, but
confirmed that Hudimche was indeed Vaghagaya's wife. I was told by bulama Ngatha (1995)
that she was the mother of Kandile, and that the present people of Hudimche were Kandile
and Lala. He continued by saying that Duwara and Ghuna were the first people who settled in
Hudimche but that they left for Gharaza. Presently the people in Hudimche were not only
Kandile and Lala, but Ghuna also. However the Ghuna of Hudimche were not the same as
those Ghuna who left for Gharaza, but were believed to have come from 'Fitire' (Tur), and
were allegedly known as 'Kadzgwara' (ibid). We will see however, in the chapter about the
oral history of Kwalika, that the Kadzgwara are more likely Ɗagha who had resulted from
intermarriage with the Hambagda clan of Hiɗkala.
We are quite certain that Yuwe Kasmaghwa was the first wife of Vaghagaya and the mother
of Kurana. Next, Kurana married Wadive Mune and had three sons with her:
•
•
•
Karpa
Dagwana
Kwachive
It was said to us that Korana as a place was traditionally one settlement unit, but became
divided into two in the context of administrative changes during colonial times. Vaghagaya's
house was allegedly still there, but I never double checked whether it was someone’s existing
house, an abandoned ruin of a house, or just a legend.
However my Korana Basa protagonists explained that Dugh Viye Hembe was the mother of
Nagaladewe who moved to Kwalika, and that Balngada and Kuɗume were further sons of
Dugh Viye Hembe. Kuɗume settled in Gathaghure. If we consult our Vaghagaya lineage tree
below (Figure 12c), we see that we have listed Balngada and Kuɗume as 'brothers' of
Vaghagaya, which makes them 'sons' of the same 'kitchen' (kuɗige) of Mughuze-Ruwa. We
will see below that this is in tune with what we were later told in Kwalika.
As explained, Dugh Viye is identical to Bughwithe, and Vaghagaya is her most important
'son'. We should remind ourselves here that Mughuze's 'father' Ruwa would not have been
seen as a successful ancestor if Bughwithe had not returned and claimed her place as the first
wife and mother of his 'son'. We perhaps need to consider that at the beginning of Mughuze's
career as a local founding ancestor, he was still a nobody, which is why he could only give his
son Balngada as dowry. We learn, in the next chapter about outsiders as founders, that this led
176
