Surname · isiZulu · isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)

Dlodlo

Carried by the amaZulu and amaNdebele (Matabeleland).

isiZulu

An isithakazelo of the amaZulu.

These are praise names, not a full recitation.

MpangazithaMbanjwaMdladlana

An isibongo of the amaNdebele (Matabeleland), which the sources also call Northern Ndebele.

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

IZITHAKAZELO ZAMAZULU directory, community-compiled (see sources)
Community compilation: iafrika.org
Community compilation: zuluring.blogspot.com
Community compilation: izithakazelo.blog
Community compilation: izithakazeloizibongo.blogspot.com
Community compilation: izithakazelo.wordpress.com
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Who Ruled by the Spear? Rethinking the Form of Governance in the Ndebele State (African Studies Quarterly 10(2-3)), 2008, University of Florida Center for African Studies — https://asq.africa.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/168/Ndlovu-Gatsheni-Vol10Issue23.pdf
Pathisa Nyathi, Names and naming: Mabhena history captured in names (Sunday News column), 2020-02-23, Zimpapers (Sunday News / heraldonline.co.zw) — https://www.heraldonline.co.zw/names-and-naming-mabhena-history-captured-in-names/
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/
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/ (Dlodlo)

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