Surname · isiZulu · isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)
Gumede
Carried by the amaZulu and amaNdebele (Matabeleland).
isiZulu
An isithakazelo of the amaZulu.
- PeopleamaZulu
The Izithakazelo
Gumede,Qwabe,Mnguni kaYeyeye,Khondlo,OSidlabehlezi bakaPhakathwayo,Abathi bedla, bebebeyenga umuntu ngendaba,Bethi, "Dluyeya ngenhlana, umalokazana ubeyethe, kayikhuni sidingida yoyodaba!"Kanti bahlinz' imbuzi,Malandela, ngokulandel' izinkomo zamadoda,Phakathwayo! Gumede Yeyeye,Caluza,Bayeni,Mgcaweni,Gebashe,Mfeka,Mzimela,Donda,Maphanga,Mpangazitha,Phakathwayo!Nkundlande,Mzukase,Myeni,Qwabe,Msiza,Nozulu,Malandela,Khuzwayo,Khondlo,Mazalankosi! Two versions are recorded and neither has been chosen. Where community sources differ on a praise, both readings are kept. A regional form and a transcription slip are indistinguishable to anyone who is not a first-language reader.
isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)
An isibongo of the amaNdebele (Matabeleland), which the sources also call Northern Ndebele.
- PeopleamaNdebele (Matabeleland)
- Grouping Nguni isibongo marking the Zansi
- Surnames recorded Gumede
- Places recorded Matabeleland, Josiah Gumede
- Branch Matabeleland
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
Where This Came From
- Themba, 2026-08-11: IZITHAKAZELO ZAMAZULU, Full Text Corpus, Tranche One
- Community compilation: iafrika.org
- Community compilation: zuluring.blogspot.com
- Community compilation: izithakazelo.blog
- Community compilation: izithakazeloizibongo.blogspot.com
- Community compilation: izithakazelo.wordpress.com
- Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Nation Building in Zimbabwe and the Challenges of Ndebele Particularism (African Journal on Conflict Resolution 8(3)…, 2008, ACCORD — https://www.accord.org.za/ajcr-issues/nation-building-in-zimbabwe-and-the-challenges-of-ndebele-particularism/
- 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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