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Ndwandwe

Also spelled Mkhatshwa / Mkhatjwa, Mnguni.

Carried by the amaZulu and emaSwati.

isiZulu

An isithakazelo of the amaZulu.

  • PeopleamaZulu
  • RegionNorthern KwaZulu-Natal

Recorded Praise Names

These are praise names, not a full recitation.

Ndwandwe! Zwide kaLanga! Mkhatshwa! Nkabanhle! Somaphunga! Masuku! Zwangendaba! Simelane! Wena wase Gudunkomo!

The Name

An ancient Nguni royal clan name; etymology debated, linked in oral tradition to the ruling Nxumalo lineage.

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Part of Izithakazelo: Zulu and Ndebele clan praises

siSwati

A sinanatelo of the emaSwati, which the sources also call Swati.

  • PeopleemaSwati
  • Grouping not stated by the sources read
  • Surnames recorded Ndwandwe, Mkhatshwa, Nxumalo, Gumedze
  • Places recorded Bulandzeni, Eswatini, Madzanga Mkhatshwa, Zikhotheni, Mbilaneni, Mhlosheni, Ngolotsheni's

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Part of Tinanatelo: Swati clan praises

Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.

Where This Came From

  • IZITHAKAZELO ZAMAZULU directory, community-compiled (see sources)
  • Community compilation: iafrika.org
  • Community compilation: zuluring.blogspot.com
  • Community compilation: izithakazelo.blog
  • Community compilation: izithakazeloizibongo.blogspot.com
  • Community compilation: izithakazelo.wordpress.com
  • Swaziland Oral History Project: consolidated editorial endnotes and glossary, letters A to K — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK5/ENDNOTES.pdf (Bongani Mkhatshwa biography)
  • Swaziland Oral History Project, Royal series: interview with Mkhonto Ndwandwe, Zikhotheni, 1970 (edited typescript), 1970; printed 2016 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/SWOHP/ROYAL/2_Ndwandwe_Mkhonto/WITS_SWOHP_ROY_1970_wm_rejected_edited_typescript_Mkhonto_Ndwandwe_from_CH_floppy_disk4_A2760.pdf (Mnguni as address name)
  • Swaziland Oral History Project, Bonner series (B9): interview with Simelane Simelane, koNtshingila, 6 May 1970, with…, 1970; printed 2021 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK3/(B9)SIME.pdf (endnote lxxxvii)
  • Anonymous blog administrator, Tinanatelo (community blog, 116 posts of June 2018), 2018, Blogger — http://tinanatelo.blogspot.com/2018/06/ (post TINANATELO)

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