Surname · isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)
Mabhena (Matabeleland)
Also spelled Mabhena, Mabena, aManala.
An isibongo of the amaNdebele (Matabeleland), recorded in isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele), which the sources also call Northern Ndebele.
isiNdebele (Northern Ndebele)
- PeopleamaNdebele (Matabeleland)
- Grouping Ndubazi / abeNhla - Manala descendants incorporated on the Steelpoort
- Surnames recorded Mabhena
- Places recorded Nkayi, Singwangombe, Bulawayo
- Branch Matabeleland
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
Where This Came From
- 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/
- 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/ (Mabhena)
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