Isibongo · isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)
Malaba
- PeopleamaNdebele (Matabeleland)
- Grouping Kalanga community relocated by the Ndebele state to the Tegwani River
- Surnames recorded Malaba
- Places recorded Tegwani River, Bulilima-Mangwe, Plumtree
- Branch Matabeleland
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
About This Record
What Was Written Down
Ndlovu-Gatsheni records the Malaba being moved to the Tegwani as part of a defensive zone against the Ngwato, and calls them Kalanga families. Sokhela notes that many Malabas claim Venda origins and keep Venda customs. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.
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Where This Comes From
- Written down by
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- Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Who Ruled by the Spear? Rethinking the Form of Governance in the Ndebele State (African Studies Quarterly 10(2-3)), 2008, University of Florida Center for African Studies — https://asq.africa.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/168/Ndlovu-Gatsheni-Vol10Issue23.pdf
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