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Isibongo · isiNdebele (Southern Ndebele)

Tjhili

Also spelled Tshili, Chili.

  • PeopleamaNdebele (Southern)
  • Grouping Southern Ndebele clan
  • Surnames recorded Tjhili, Tshili
  • Places recorded Mpumalanga
  • Branch Southern

Your Family's Praise Belongs Here

This clan has a praise. It is not on this page yet, and that is our doing, not anything about your family or the praise itself. If the people at home still say it, you can put the true one here.

Why It Is Not Here Yet

The rendering that was read: iAfrika (community directory, uncredited contributors), iAfrika - isiNdebele section, category 'Umlando neenanazelo' (history and clan praises), including Umlando wamaNdebel…, 2025 (post dates), iafrika.org — https://iafrika.org/nr/category/umlando-neenanazelo/ (Iinanazelo zakwa Tjhili; opening lines only)

A praise belongs to the families who recite it, not to whoever wrote it down. A isiNdebele (Southern Ndebele)-speaking family that still holds this one holds the better version of it, and can put that version on this page.

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

About This Record

What Was Written Down

iAfrika records a Tjhili set with the address-names Masegwani, Gadisani and Sobuwana, closing on Maphosa - so the directory treats Tjhili and Maphosa as one line. Nyathi lists Tshili among the Ndubazi lineages that went north with Mzilikazi. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.

Families Tell This Differently

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

Where This Comes From

Written down by
  • iAfrika (community directory, uncredited contributors), iAfrika - isiNdebele section, category 'Umlando neenanazelo' (history and clan praises), including Umlando wamaNdebel…, 2025 (post dates), iafrika.org — https://iafrika.org/nr/category/umlando-neenanazelo/
  • iAfrika (community directory, uncredited contributors), iAfrika - isiNdebele section, category 'Umlando neenanazelo' (history and clan praises), including Umlando wamaNdebel…, 2025 (post dates), iafrika.org — https://iafrika.org/nr/category/umlando-neenanazelo/ (Iinanazelo zakwa Tjhili)
  • iAfrika (community directory, uncredited contributors), iAfrika - isiNdebele section, category 'Umlando neenanazelo' (history and clan praises), including Umlando wamaNdebel…, 2025 (post dates), iafrika.org — https://iafrika.org/nr/category/umlando-neenanazelo/ (Iinanazelo zakwa Tjhili; opening lines only)

Recorded Alongside

  • Bhuda Also recorded among the amaNdebele (Southern).
  • Dlomu Also recorded among the amaNdebele (Southern).
  • Jiyane (Southern) Also recorded among the amaNdebele (Southern).
  • Kabini Also recorded among the amaNdebele (Southern).
  • Likere Also recorded among the amaNdebele (Southern).
  • Mabhena (Southern) Also recorded among the amaNdebele (Southern).

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If Your Family Holds More Of This

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