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Makwakwa

Also spelled Nwanati of Khambane and Ndindane.

  • PeopleVatsonga
  • Grouping Nwanati (Junod); VaN'wanati cluster (Wikipedia, uncited); Hlengwe group's third subdivision (Junod)
  • Surnames recorded Makwakwa, Khambane, Ndindane
  • Places recorded Near, Limpopo, Chopi, Mozambique

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

About This Record

What Was Written Down

Junod records the legend that the Nwanati who stayed on the coast to break open the makwakwa fruit (a hard-shelled, orange-sized fruit with scented pulp) took its name, while the Maluleke went back north; the Makwakwa of Khambane and Ndindane border the Chopi. Wikipedia's Maluleke article tells the same naming story and lists Makwakwa among the Van'wanati. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.

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
  • 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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