Surname · isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)
Nkala
An isibongo of the amaNdebele (Matabeleland), recorded in isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele), which the sources also call Northern Ndebele.
isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)
- PeopleamaNdebele (Matabeleland)
- Grouping Crab totem; Hole chief line in Matshetsheni - or Hlubi/Nguni per the community site
- Surnames recorded Nkala
- Places recorded Matabeleland
- 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
- totems.co.zw (Zimbabwean community heritage site, uncredited), totems.co.zw - Ndebele Totems category (about thirty entries: Ngwenya, Khumalo, Nyoni, Dlamini, Mthunzi, Gumbo, Mnkan…, 2023-2025 (post dates), totems.co.zw — https://totems.co.zw/category/ndebele-totems/
- totems.co.zw (Zimbabwean community heritage site, uncredited), totems.co.zw - Ndebele Totems category (about thirty entries: Ngwenya, Khumalo, Nyoni, Dlamini, Mthunzi, Gumbo, Mnkan…, 2023-2025 (post dates), totems.co.zw — https://totems.co.zw/category/ndebele-totems/ (Nkala)
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