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Nwamba
- PeopleVatsonga
- Grouping Hlanganu group (Junod)
- Surnames recorded Nwamba
- Places recorded Delagoa, Mozambique
Also Spelled
Nwamba is also written Kopo-Nwamba.
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 lists the Nwamba clan in the Delagoa plain as one of the three Hlanganu clans, and gives its chiefly list: Kopo-Nwamba, Rihati, Sindjini, Malengana, Nkolele, Mangoro, Mudlayi, Nwangundjuwana. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.
Families Tell This Differently
Families who carry this name tell parts of it differently. Each way it has been told is below.
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
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