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Isibongo · isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)

Sikhosana

Also spelled Skhosana.

  • PeopleamaNdebele (Matabeleland)
  • Grouping Ndubazi / abeNhla
  • Surnames recorded Sikhosana
  • Places recorded Matabeleland
  • Branch Matabeleland

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

About This Record

What Was Written Down

Listed by Nyathi among the Ndubazi lineages and by Sokhela among abeNhla izibongo; Nyathi's telling gives Sikhosana the role of arbiter between Manala and Nzuza and provider of royal staffs. 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
  • 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/
  • 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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