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Dlomo

  • PeopleabaThembu
  • RegionThembuland - Mthatha, Engcobo & Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape

Recorded Praise Names

These are praise names, not a full recitation.

Izinqulo IZIDUKO-WEB
DlomoMadibaYem-YemZondwaSophitshoNgqolomsilaVela bambhentseleTubhanaQhumpaseTandeNcikozaMtshikilanaMalanganaoZondwa zintshaba ezingasoze zimenzele nto
Directory form IZITHAKAZELO; NIVILE
SopitshoNgqolomsilaYem yemVela bambentsele

Two versions are recorded and neither has been chosen. Where community sources differ on a praise, both readings are kept. A regional form and a transcription slip are indistinguishable to anyone who is not a first-language reader.

The History Behind This Name

As written down by the people named at the end.

Dlomo is one of the four royal clan names of the abaThembu, beside Madiba, Hala and Bhomoyi. The abaThembu trace their descent through uMthembu kaNtongakazi, who led his people from what is now KwaZulu-Natal to Dedesi in the present Eastern Cape, and consolidated as a nation under Nxeko around the sixteenth century.

Thembuland kept its independence until British annexation and was later folded into the Transkei territories. The Dlomo praises are recited widely across Thembuland and, through the shared Sophitsho and Ngqolomsila lines, connect to the Ndungwane and Mngxongo iziduko.

Recorded from: WIKIPEDIA (Thembu people)

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

About This Record

What Was Written Down

A royal clan of the abaThembu. The izithakazelo.blog and nivile.co.za directories both carry the shorter directory form; the fuller sequence is iziduko.wordpress.com.

Where This Comes From

Written down by
  • iziduko.wordpress.com and xhosaculture.co.za, read via indexed search results (both refused a direct fetch)
  • izithakazelo.blog/iziduko-zamaxhosa/ (read 2026-08-23)
  • nivile.co.za/iziduko.html (read 2026-08-23) — independent cross-check

Recorded Alongside

  • Gcina Also recorded among the abaThembu.
  • Hlanga Also recorded among the abaThembu.
  • Madiba Also recorded among the abaThembu.
  • Mdlane Also recorded among the abaThembu.
  • Mmaya Also recorded among the abaThembu.
  • Mngxongo Also recorded among the abaThembu.

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