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Iziduko (pl.) in Xhosa [1] are family names that are considered more important than surnames among Xhosa people. [2] [3] Many Xhosa persons can trace their family history back to a specific male ancestor or stock. Mentioning the clan name of someone is the highest form of respect, and it is considered polite to enquire after someone's clan name ...
King Maxhoba Sandile, Aa!Zanesizwe! - King of the Rharhabe sub-group of the Xhosa nation in Mngqesha Great Palace, King William's Town.; King Zwelonke Sigcawu, Aa!Zwelonke! - King of the Xhosa nation in Nqadu Great Palace, Willowval
The iziduko (clan) for instance—which matters most to the Xhosa identity (even more than names and surnames) are transferred from one to the other through oral tradition. Knowing your isiduko is vital to the Xhosas and it is considered a shame and uburhanuka (lack-of-identity) if one doesn't know one's
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Dlomo decided to share meat with Welangaye, a maiden from the Mpemvu clan, and she burst out in praise of how Dlomo had basically installed himself as King and left shedding tears of joy. Before the British conquest in the 19th century, the Thembu had an independent kingdom. The Xhosa clan name of the Thembu kings is Ntlazi aNkosiyane.
Iziduko zama-Hlubi. Lovedale Press. Henry Masila Ndawo (1945). Ibali lama Hlubi. Lovedale Press. hdl:10962/47224. Andrew Hayden Manson. The Hlubi and the Ngwena Clan in a colonial society, 1848–1877. s.n; Alfred T. Bryant (1965). Olden times in Zululand and Natal: containing earlier political history of the Eastern-Nguni clans. C.
The name amaMfengu does not translate as "wanderers" as many believe and the Mfengu people – like the Bhaca, Bhele, Hlubi and Dlamini peoples – was formed from the tribes that were broken up and dispersed by Shaka and his Zulu armies in the Mfecane wars. Most of them fled westwards and settled amongst the Xhosa.
Each clan was assigned a certain animal to be its protector. For example: The Lion is a totem for Bataung clan; The Crocodile is a totem for Bakwena; The Elephant is a totem for Batloung clan; and The Monkey is a totem for Batshweneng clan. The Duiker is a totem for Maphuthing clan. The Domestic Fowl is a totem for Makgolokwe Clan.