Skip to content
Wozekhaya

Isibongo · isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)

Malinga

  • PeopleamaNdebele (Matabeleland)
  • Grouping Elephant-totem line of Nguni or Sotho origin
  • Surnames recorded Malinga
  • Places recorded Matabeleland
  • Branch Matabeleland

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

About This Record

What Was Written Down

Sokhela lists Malinga first among izibongo that are totemically Ndlovu without Kalanga origin; totems.co.zw's Mnkandla set also addresses Malinga. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.

Families Tell This Differently

Families who carry this name tell parts of it differently. Each way it has been told is below.

Where This Comes From

Written down by
  • Mloyiswayizizwe Sokhela, Reconstruction of the Kalanga history welcome but beware of distortions! (opinion column, Bulawayo24, reprinted on ka…, 2012-05-09, Bulawayo24 / kalanga.org — https://kalanga.org/blogs/reconstruction-of-the-kalanga-history-welcome-but-beware-of-distortions/
  • totems.co.zw (Zimbabwean community heritage site, uncredited), totems.co.zw - Ndebele Totems category (about thirty entries: Ngwenya, Khumalo, Nyoni, Dlamini, Mthunzi, Gumbo, Mnkan…, 2023-2025 (post dates), totems.co.zw — https://totems.co.zw/category/ndebele-totems/

Are You Malinga?

Put your name on the launch list.

Tell Me When It Opens

We write to you about Wozekhaya, and nothing else.

If Your Family Holds More Of This

A family saying its own izibongo / izithakazelo knows them better than any directory does. If yours has more than what is on this page, it belongs here.

Add What Your Family Holds Get Wozekhaya All clan names