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Clan Language Country Totem Totem in English Region Bakgalagadi-Batlhaping Setswana Botswana Thlapi Fish Batlhaping Kurumane South Africa Babirwa Setswana: Botswana: Nare Buffalo Batabe Setswana: Botswana: Tshipi Iron Bafokeng Sesotho, Setswana Lesotho, South Africa: Mutla, Koena, Phoka Hare, Crocodile, Dew North West, Free State Bafula Sesotho
Mentioning the clan name of someone is the highest form of respect, and it is considered polite to enquire after someone's clan name on meeting. The clan name is also sometimes used as an exclamation by members of that clan. [4] When a woman marries, she may take her husband's surname, but she always keeps her own clan name and adds the prefix ...
Ndlovu (/ ˈ n d l oʊ v uː /, lit. ' elephant ' ) is a surname, common in South Africa and Zimbabwe, originating from the Nguni languages and prevalent among the Ndebele and Zulu people . Notable people with the surname include:
Izibongo is a genre of oral literature among various Bantu peoples of Southern Africa, including the Zulu [1] and the Xhosa. [2] While it is often considered to be poetry of praise, Jeff Opland and others consider the term "praise" (for "bonga") to be too limiting, since it can contain criticism also.
Chief Claude Msutu Ah! Zwelinzima, of the Msutu Clan of the Amazizi Tribe Qeto Great Place, Peddie, Eastern Cape; Chief Ntombizodwa Msutu Ah! Zanokhanyo, of the Amazizi tribe Qeto Great Place, Peddie, Eastern Cape; Chief Nkosinathi Jezile Aah! Daluxolo Chief of Amagcina tribe Engcobo Sinqumeni Great Place; Chief Viwe Mdalu ka Xabadiya Aa!!
Ndlovu was the greatest Chief in this part of the continent, in that he founded many nations. He became the father of many nations, the Xhosa, the Zulus, the Ndebele, Ngwane/Swazi, Ndwandwe (Shangana) Thonga, Ndawu, etc. [2] All Nguni speaking tribes and nations, owe their identity and cultural heritage to this great Chief Ndlovu . In turn the ...
When Soshangane (whom the name "Shangaan" is taken from) and other Nguni invaders raided Mozambique later during the 1820s, the Tsonga people who were already living prior under Dutch colonialism in South Africa did not form a part of the Nguni Shangaan empire (and were often hostile to it) and they had already been speaking the Xitsonga ...
Ndlovu 1575–1600 Dlamini 1600–1625 Mthimkhulu I 1625–1650 Ncobo and later, Hadebe 1650–1675 Dlomo I 1675–1710 Mashiya: 1710–1720 Ntsele: 1735–1760