Surname · Xitsonga
Tembe
Also spelled Zembe, Tembe-Thonga, Tembe-Tonga, AbakwaMabudu.
A xivongo of the Vatsonga, recorded in Xitsonga, which the sources also call Tsonga.
Xitsonga
- PeopleVatsonga
- Grouping Ronga group (Junod); classified Tonga-Nguni / Tembe-Tonga by Bryant; today Nguni-speaking in KwaZulu-Natal
- Surnames recorded Tembe
- Places recorded South, Maputo, Delagoa, Mozambique, Maputaland, KwaNgwanase, KwaZulu-Natal
The Swiphato swa swivongo
Mulao Ngolanyama madlaya a nga di makhama a nga di, a dlayele bahloti Part of Swivongo: Tsonga clan names
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
Where This Came From
- Henri-Alexandre Junod, The Life of a South African Tribe, Vol. I: The Social Life, Imprimerie Attinger Freres, Neuchatel — https://archive.org/details/lifeofsouthafric01junouoft
- Wikipedia contributors, Tembe (Southern African clan), read 2026-09-05, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tembe_(Southern_African_clan)
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