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Ndlovu

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Recorded Praise Names

These are praise names, not a full recitation.

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Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.

About This Record

What Was Written Down

The izithakazelo.blog directory records Ndlovu among the amaHlubi. The name is also a Zulu clan and a Kalanga surname-totem group, each recorded separately.

Families Tell This Differently

Families who carry this name tell parts of it differently. Each way it has been told is below.

Ndlovu origins

A commenter asserts that the Zulu Ndlovu were originally a Sotho traditional healer's line captured by Shaka and absorbed, and that the Hlubi Ndlovu are a separate matter. This corresponds to the split-origin account recorded in the original Zulu document and in the Ndebele document, where Ndlovu is shown to cut across the Zansi, Enhla and Hole groupings

Where This Comes From

Written down by
  • izithakazelo.blog/iziduko-zamaxhosa/ (read 2026-08-23)
  • nivile.co.za/iziduko.html (read 2026-08-23) — independent cross-check
And also by
More than one person, the same way.

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