Surname · isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)
Siziba
Also spelled Dziva.
An isibongo of the amaNdebele (Matabeleland), recorded in isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele), which the sources also call Northern Ndebele.
isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)
- PeopleamaNdebele (Matabeleland)
- Grouping Pool totem (translated Dziva) - or abeNhla, depending on source
- Surnames recorded Siziba
- 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
- Mloyiswayizizwe Sokhela, Reconstruction of the Kalanga history welcome but beware of distortions! (opinion column, Bulawayo24, reprinted on ka…, 2012-05-09, Bulawayo24 / kalanga.org — https://kalanga.org/blogs/reconstruction-of-the-kalanga-history-welcome-but-beware-of-distortions/
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