RAHEEL MUGHAL: Inkyumba - Water Mythology from Howick Falls (South Africa)

The Inkyumba is a water monster from South African Zulu oral traditions. After many sightings (some of which sadly turned out to be hoaxes – such as an infamous photograph circulated around the Internet and in periodicals and textbooks). However, the Inkyumba seems to be more zooform than cryptid, primarily because of the rich oral history pertaining to the beast as dictated by the Howick Falls Zulu population, in particular, that the being is associated with water and that it is an ill omen to search for such a beast because if one happens to see one it will bring imminent death and destruction to the individual and the village to which he/she is affiliated (sounds very similar to another infamous African lake dragon – Mokele Mbembe and dragons in particular).