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Wozekhaya

Sinanatelo · siSwati

Manana

  • PeopleemaSwati
  • Grouping Bemdzabuko
  • Surnames recorded Manana
  • Places recorded Lukhele, Shiselweni

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What Was Written Down

Kuper's table, as reported, counts the Manana among the true Swazi. The 1970 Lukhele testimony lists Manana with the Nkhambule, Gwebu and Ngcamane Maseko as peoples the king dislodged from the Lukhele area. Thin entry. 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
  • Swaziland Oral History Project, Bonner series (B8): interview with Nyandza Nhlabatsi and Tomoyi Dlamini, kaZameya, 21… — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK3/(B8)NHLA.pdf
  • Swaziland Oral History Project, Bonner series (B8): interview with Nyandza Nhlabatsi and Tomoyi Dlamini, kaZameya, 21… — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK3/(B8)NHLA.pdf (endnote xxxix (reporting KUPER1947 p.233)
  • Wikipedia contributors, Bemdzabuko (English Wikipedia), read 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bemdzabuko

Recorded Alongside

  • Bhembe Also recorded among the emaSwati.
  • Dladla Also recorded among the emaSwati.
  • Dlamini Also recorded among the emaSwati.
  • Dvuba Also recorded among the emaSwati.
  • Fakudze Also recorded among the emaSwati.
  • Gama Also recorded among the emaSwati.

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