Isibongo · isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)
Mdlongwa
- PeopleamaNdebele (Matabeleland)
- Grouping Sotho adoptee totem-surname; abeNhla
- Surnames recorded Mdlongwa
- Places recorded Matabeleland South
- Branch Matabeleland
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
About This Record
What Was Written Down
Named by the Sunday News Sotho column among surnames adopted by Sotho people under Mzilikazi and by Sokhela among abeNhla izibongo. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.
Families Tell This Differently
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Where This Comes From
- Written down by
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- Mzala Tom, The Sotho people of Zimbabwe (Part 2) (Sunday News; cites Joseph Mujere and Pathisa Nyathi's Babirwa history), 2022-10-16, Zimpapers (Sunday News / heraldonline.co.zw) — https://www.heraldonline.co.zw/the-sotho-people-of-zimbabwe-part-2/
- Mloyiswayizizwe Sokhela, Reconstruction of the Kalanga history welcome but beware of distortions! (opinion column, Bulawayo24, reprinted on ka…, 2012-05-09, Bulawayo24 / kalanga.org — https://kalanga.org/blogs/reconstruction-of-the-kalanga-history-welcome-but-beware-of-distortions/
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