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Isibongo · isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)

Mkhwananzi

Also spelled Mkwananzi, Mkhwanazi, Gawu, Makhwentaba.

  • PeopleamaNdebele (Matabeleland)
  • Grouping Nguni isibongo; a queen's clan
  • Surnames recorded Mkhwananzi, Mkwananzi
  • Places recorded Matabeleland, Nkayi, Lupane, Prince Tshakalisa
  • Branch Matabeleland

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

About This Record

What Was Written Down

Ndlovu-Gatsheni lists Mkwananzi among the Nguni izibongo marking the Zansi. Nyathi names Mbhida Mkhwananzi okaLodada as a wife of Lobengula and mother of princes Nyamande and Tshakalisa, and separately lists Mkhwananzi (Gawu, Makhwentaba) among the Ndubazi lineages that intermarried as abeNhla - so the same surname sits in both strata. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.

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Where This Comes From

Written down by
  • Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Who Ruled by the Spear? Rethinking the Form of Governance in the Ndebele State (African Studies Quarterly 10(2-3)), 2008, University of Florida Center for African Studies — https://asq.africa.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/168/Ndlovu-Gatsheni-Vol10Issue23.pdf
  • Pathisa Nyathi, Names and naming: Mabhena history captured in names (Sunday News column), 2020-02-23, Zimpapers (Sunday News / heraldonline.co.zw) — https://www.heraldonline.co.zw/names-and-naming-mabhena-history-captured-in-names/

Recorded Alongside

  • Bhebhe Also recorded among the amaNdebele (Matabeleland).
  • Dlamini Also recorded among the amaNdebele (Matabeleland).
  • Dlodlo Also recorded among the amaNdebele (Matabeleland).
  • Dube Also recorded among the amaNdebele (Matabeleland).
  • Gumbo Also recorded among the amaNdebele (Matabeleland).
  • Gumede Also recorded among the amaNdebele (Matabeleland).

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