Surname · Xitsonga
Nxumalo (Vangoni / Machangana)
Also spelled Nxumalo, Vangoni, Machangana, AmaShangana, Ba-Ngoni.
A xivongo of the Vatsonga, recorded in Xitsonga, which the sources also call Tsonga.
Xitsonga
- PeopleVatsonga
- Grouping The Gaza-Nguni layer: descendants of Soshangane's Ndwandwe following and those who joined them; AmaShangana cluster with Ndwandwe, Hlatshwayo, Nxumalo and Mkhatshwa (Wikipedia, uncited)
- Surnames recorded Nxumalo, Ndwandwe, Hlatshwayo, Mkhatshwa
- Places recorded Mhala, Bushbuckridge, Thulamahashe, Buyisonto, Mpumalanga, Magona, Malamulele, Pilgrim's Rest, Sabie, Malungana
Part of Swivongo: Tsonga clan names
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
Where This Came From
- Shidjabadjaba John Malungana, Vuphato: Praise Poetry in Xitsonga (D.Litt. et Phil. thesis), 1994 — https://ujcontent.uj.ac.za/esploro/outputs/doctoral/Vuphato---praise-poetry-in/9913242107691
- Wikipedia contributors, Tsonga people, read 2026-09-05, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsonga_people
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