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Makwakwa
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- Grouping Nwanati (Junod); VaN'wanati cluster (Wikipedia, uncited); Hlengwe group's third subdivision (Junod)
- Surnames recorded Makwakwa, Khambane, Ndindane
- Places recorded Near, Limpopo, Chopi, Mozambique
Also Spelled
Makwakwa is also written Nwanati of Khambane and Ndindane.
Spellings differ between families, between records and between countries. Wozekhaya keeps the name as each source wrote it rather than settling on one form.
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
About This Record
What Was Written Down
Junod records the legend that the Nwanati who stayed on the coast to break open the makwakwa fruit (a hard-shelled, orange-sized fruit with scented pulp) took its name, while the Maluleke went back north; the Makwakwa of Khambane and Ndindane border the Chopi. Wikipedia's Maluleke article tells the same naming story and lists Makwakwa among the Van'wanati. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.
Where This Comes From
- Written down by
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- 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, Tsonga people, read 2026-09-05, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsonga_people
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