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Sinanatelo · siSwati

Mncina

  • PeopleemaSwati
  • Grouping Emakhandzambili
  • Surnames recorded Mncina
  • Places recorded Mdzimba, Nkomazi, Bulembu, Mnisi

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

About This Record

What Was Written Down

One of the groups Sobhuza I found in the Mdzimba mountains, later placed under Prince Nyamayenja. Mantintinti, a son of Sobhuza I, was born of LaMncina of Khuzweni. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.

Where This Comes From

Written down by
  • Swaziland Oral History Project: consolidated editorial endnotes and glossary, letters A to K — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK5/ENDNOTES.pdf
  • Swaziland Oral History Project: consolidated editorial endnotes and glossary, letters A to K — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK5/ENDNOTES.pdf (entry Gama (reporting MATSEBULA1988 p.23: found in the Mdzimba with the Gama and Magagula)
  • Thabani Thwala, The Politics of Placing Princes in Historical and Contemporary Swaziland (MA research report, supervisor Philip Bonner), 2013 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/FHYA%20Depot/Theses%20and%20Dissertations/Thwala_2013_The_Politics_of_Placing_Princes_in_Historical_and_Contemporary_Swaziland.pdf (p.19 (Sotho groups defeated)

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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