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Wozekhaya

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Bhaca

  • PeopleamaBhaca
  • RegionMount Frere, Umzimkhulu, Ixopo & Bulwer

Recorded Praise Names

These are praise names, not a full recitation.

MadzikaneNcaphayiZelemuWushe

The History Behind This Name

As written down by the people named at the end.

The amaBhaca were known as the AbakwaZelemu until about 1830. They formed from two related lines - Chief Zelemu and Chief Wushe, who shared the ancestor Lufulelwenja - reunited around 1730 when their grandsons Khalimeshe and Mjoli brought the amaWushe and AbakwaZelemu together.

Madzikane kaKhalimeshe led the consolidated nation south. His son Ncaphayi established Bhaca independence, defeating a Zulu force at Ntsizwa Mountain and raiding into Thembuland and Mpondoland before falling in battle against King Faku in 1845.

They speak isiBhaca, a Tekela language of the Nguni branch, now under pressure from isiXhosa, isiZulu and English.

Recorded from: WIKIPEDIA (Bhaca people)

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

About This Record

What Was Written Down

These are the founding names Wikipedia records for the nation, not an izinqulo sequence read from a praise corpus. The distinction matters and is stated rather than blurred.

Where This Comes From

Written down by
  • en.wikipedia.org, per-nation articles named on the entry (Bhaca people)

Recorded Alongside

  • Mjoli Also recorded among the amaBhaca.

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