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Wozekhaya

Sinanatelo · siSwati

Dvuba

Also spelled Duba.

  • PeopleemaSwati
  • Grouping Emafikamuva
  • Surnames recorded Dvuba
  • Places recorded Mbabane, Siteki, Lubombo

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What Was Written Down

Kuper, as reported, classes the Dvuba as Nguni late-comers. Jojo Dvuba was an indvuna of Mswati II at Kufinyeni. Kuper's table is also reported as listing a Dvu among the clans sharing the Nkhosi appellation; whether Dvu and Dvuba are the same is not stated. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.

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Where This Comes From

Written down by
  • Swaziland Oral History Project: consolidated editorial endnotes and glossary, letters A to K — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK5/ENDNOTES.pdf
  • Swaziland Oral History Project: consolidated editorial endnotes and glossary, letters A to K — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK5/ENDNOTES.pdf (and SWOHP_NDLELA1983 endnote lvi (reporting KUPER1947 p.233)

Recorded Alongside

  • Bhembe Also recorded among the emaSwati.
  • Dladla Also recorded among the emaSwati.
  • Dlamini Also recorded among the emaSwati.
  • Fakudze Also recorded among the emaSwati.
  • Gama Also recorded among the emaSwati.
  • Gamedze Also recorded among the emaSwati.

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