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Sibaya

Isiduko · isiXhosa

Nyawuza

  • PeopleamaMpondo
  • RegionMpondoland - Lusikisiki, Flagstaff, Libode & Port St Johns, Eastern Cape

Recorded Praise Names

These are praise names, not a full recitation.

Izinqulo IZITHAKAZELO
NyawuzaFakuSigcauBokleniNdamase
Second recorded form NIVILE
FakuYindlanaDakhile

Two versions are recorded and neither has been chosen. Where community sources differ on a praise, both readings are kept. A regional form and a transcription slip are indistinguishable to anyone who is not a first-language reader.

The History Behind This Name

As written down by the people named at the end.

The amaMpondo trace their descent from King Sibiside of the abaMbo, and share that ancestry with the amaMpondomise, amaXesibe and amaBomvana. The Nyawuza royal clan takes its name from Nyawuza kaThahle.

The kingdom is best known through Faku, who reigned from 1818 to 1867 and held Mpondoland through the upheavals of the Mfecane, turning back Zulu and Bhaca incursions. The nation is administered through two houses: eastern Mpondoland from the Qawukeni great place at Flagstaff, and western Mpondoland from Nyandeni at Libode.

Recorded from: WIKIPEDIA (Mpondo people)

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

About This Record

What Was Written Down

The ruling line of the amaMpondo. The nivile.co.za directory records the sequence as Faku, Yindlana, Dakhile.

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

Recorded Alongside

  • Faku Also recorded among the amaMpondo.
  • Khiwa Also recorded among the amaMpondo.
  • Khonjwayo Also recorded among the amaMpondo.
  • Khwetshube Also recorded among the amaMpondo.
  • Ngcwangule Also recorded among the amaMpondo.
  • Nyase Also recorded among the amaMpondo.

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