Isibongo · isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)
Msimangu
- PeopleamaNdebele (Matabeleland)
- Grouping Hole chief who succeeded a Zansi chief in Matshetsheni
- Surnames recorded Msimangu
- Places recorded Matshetsheni, Matabeleland
- Branch Matabeleland
Also Spelled
Msimangu is also written Msimang.
Spellings differ between families, between records and between countries. Wozekhaya keeps the name as each source wrote it rather than settling on one form.
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About This Record
What Was Written Down
Ndlovu-Gatsheni uses Ntuthu Msimangu, a Hole man who succeeded Sinanga Khumalo as chief of Matshetsheni, to show that people moved across the strata. 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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