 What's up beautiful people it's your boy mr. Ghana baby right here in the national museum of a Swantini But you know what I discovered after traveling 16 African countries. I realized that personally I don't even know my African history So what I'm gonna do is that every country that I go to we need to know how That country is formed and since I'm in Swaziland. This is the first ever episode We want to know how the kingdom of Swaziland, sorry We want to know how the kingdom of a Swantini came into existence and you know that I wish travel to land And I gotta do this by myself. I got a beautiful Swazi I mean a beautiful Swazi woman and I wish all the To tell us how we need to know my name is Maya and nice to meet you. Thank you This is the little element and the museum editor. Okay. Yes Can you please educate us on how the kingdom of a Swanzini was formed? Okay, what I can say is You see there is no spent the period is not accurately being a stated but all what you know is that the Maswati they originated from Central Africa Are I can say is it's not just a mass what did they wouldn't claim Which end up occupying the whole part of the southern Africa that includes the Emma Swati So for this country to become Swaziland I would say a Swatini in other words. It actually existing in the Early centuries like in the 14th centuries, but officially it was called The Kingdom of a Swatini in 17 Centuries So that means that doesn't mean there was nothing happening before then But the kings were regarded as paramount chiefs yet. We did have other chiefs as It currently happening even today. We've got chiefs. We then have the kings We started having chiefs and paramount chiefs by that time The paramount chiefs were regarded as the king until the 17th century is whereby we officially Occupied the country and it belonged to the Emma Swati. So the Ingunis occupied This land the southern part of Africa the southern part of Africa not just Yes, so this was a pattern parcel of the Inguni people So when the Swatis came into this land were there people in here? Yes, okay They were also the Ingunis, but there are those that came before because the Laminis who are now the kings The the genealogy of the kings they then submitted under them because they were big and they did not fight them But they made peace with them. Okay. Yes, they were just small clans by them But then the lamini claim was very big So if I should understand it's the lamini people who are ruling the country Amazing so when did this country had its independence? In September the 6th 1968 So when they had independence Who was the king at that time? That was King Sopusa the second that is the father of the current king Okay, so he actually helped the country to gain its independence From we actually get a protectorate from the British Okay, so after the country gained its independence the king ruled for how long? He then died he passed on in 1980 And then During that period and then there was Queen Regent that way still Holding up the position up until King Imswati took the drop I'm kind of confused in here if the father was King what? Okay, what I can say is if by that particular period The King passes on and there is that crown King is still in infant So he will be actually led to grow up Until the time when he'll be ready to go to the throne So in that particular period the Queen Mother will carry on ruling the country because The King and the Queen Mother are the head of states. Okay. Yes, so it's in There's something that I don't understand. You mentioned the name of the King who passed on that is that is king Supposer the king supposer Second that is the father of the current king and the current king is called Imswati the tag Yes, why the change of a name if that's the father That is actually not for us to know why they changes the titles But the same name is the same. It's the type that is stifles. Oh, so Imswati is actually not the same No, it's the type Wow, do you know the real name of the King? Yes, what's the real name? I mean like the names of the nation I'm really shocked. You know, I didn't know all this. I told like the name of the King is Imswati No, that's the type Like you are the CEO but you for your own you see Amazing amazing. So like so far how many kings of this country are? Since 17th centuries up to today, we had nine but that doesn't mean that before 17th centuries, we were no kings There were kings, but they were not laminis. They were all laminis. They were all laminis Because it started with laminis and then And then it went on and on up today up to yes, but different tackles. They are all laminis So that means the father was the same and then the sons they So it's like a lineage. Yes the genealogy Yes, amazing. You know like Before I let you go I have one question. That's so many people are asking me because we all know the This kingdom to be called a kingdom of what Swaziland? Yes, but now it's called the kingdom of a Swatini Why the change of the name? What I can say is it has been a Swatini I would say it had I would say it has to do with the influence of the British colony because for us It's called a Swatini, but because we're being Colonized by the British. They couldn't even pronounce very well Swazi and Swati But it has always been that Since the past two years were by the king declared To be officially called According the way it's supposed to be So if I should understand a Swatini Is the Swati word yes for Swaziland. You can say like that But for us we are Emma Swati The kind is a Swatini for the Emma Swati people So it's not Swazin for Swaziland So that means it's not like you're calling it It's a our particular language So the king was correcting what was wrong Yes, so it's just that it's been long known Swaziland of which we used to get to We get used to that but it's the correct way of calling the real us So from today, I hope most of you will understand that they actually did not change the name because I think When I was in China, I remember I did a video about it. They said I thought they said it's a Swaziland is the colonized word I mean, I was saying that if Swaziland is the colonized word, which means the name Africa should be changed because Africa was also named by the colonizers Yo, it's a boy Mr. Ghanababy right here in the kingdom of Eswantini I've learned so much today and I hope you also Learned something today. Is there any question that you want to ask? I'm still in the country So leave a comment. Let me know what you want to know and if I have to come back and ask more questions I will do that Do you want to say anything to people watching us out there? I would say Please come and visit Eswantini kingdom is a beautiful country The people are loving and there is more to see about how Emma Swati are living We are a country that is rich in our culture And I've observed that other countries they have Like the the culture is fading away for us. It is still strong and vibrant So come and enjoy this was Eswantini kingdom. Thank you I forgot to ask you So which means it's only one tribe in this country. Yes, you speak one language, which is Swati And the second language is also official language. That is English. We've got only two official languages And It's one big family. It's one big family. And it's just one country. And we are somehow related Exactly. Yes, we're related to who? To each other If you go back to the history that your father wasn't you see Yes, I want to say thank you so much for talking to me. It's my pleasure. It's my pleasure. Thank you. Thank you