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Khosa

Also spelled Khosen / Cossine, Magudju.

  • PeopleVatsonga
  • Grouping Dzonga (Djonga) group (Junod); VaMbayi cluster with Rikhotso, Rivisi and Mbhanyele (Wikipedia, uncited)
  • Surnames recorded Khosa, Ndhuvani
  • Places recorded Khosen, Nkomati-Olifants, Mozambique

The Swiphato swa swivongo

Ba ripanga ro sheka ba ntsindja

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

About This Record

What Was Written Down

Junod lists Khosa first among the Dzonga clans, in the Khosen or Cossine country, and gives the chiefly line Khosa, Ripanga, Mabone, Molelemane, Ripindje, Magudjulane, Nshalati Pukwana, Magudju, Shongele. The Khosa, with the Nkuna and Hlabi, claimed a western or south-western (Zululand/Swaziland) origin; the people they found in Khosen were the Ntimba and Shibambo. In Lourenco Marques the Khosa were nicknamed Bakalanga, people of the north. Wikipedia says the Khosa identified with the Djonga and Mbai sub-group. VIV Magazine pairs the surname Ndhuvani with the Khosa clan. 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
  • Henri-Alexandre Junod, The Life of a South African Tribe, Vol. I: The Social Life, Imprimerie Attinger Freres, Neuchatel — https://archive.org/details/lifeofsouthafric01junouoft
  • VIV Lifestyle Magazine (Shitshembiso Mabasa Pty Ltd), Xana a wu swi tiva? [Swivongo Edition] (and reader comments, 2019-2020), 2017, vivmag.co.za — https://www.vivmag.co.za/xana-a-wu-swi-tiva-swivongo-edition/
  • Wikipedia contributors, Tsonga people, read 2026-09-05, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsonga_people

Recorded Alongside

  • Bila Also recorded among the Vatsonga.
  • Cawuke Also recorded among the Vatsonga.
  • Hlabi Also recorded among the Vatsonga.
  • Hlanganu Also recorded among the Vatsonga.
  • Hlungwani Also recorded among the Vatsonga.
  • Honwana Also recorded among the Vatsonga.

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