Surname · isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)
Mkhwananzi
Also spelled Mkwananzi, Mkhwanazi, Gawu, Makhwentaba.
An isibongo of the amaNdebele (Matabeleland), recorded in isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele), which the sources also call Northern Ndebele.
isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)
- PeopleamaNdebele (Matabeleland)
- Grouping Nguni isibongo; a queen's clan
- Surnames recorded Mkhwananzi, Mkwananzi
- Places recorded Matabeleland, Nkayi, Lupane, Prince Tshakalisa
- Branch Matabeleland
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
Where This Came From
- 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
- Pathisa Nyathi, Names and naming: Mabhena history captured in names (Sunday News column), 2020-02-23, Zimpapers (Sunday News / heraldonline.co.zw) — https://www.heraldonline.co.zw/names-and-naming-mabhena-history-captured-in-names/
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