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Sinanatelo · siSwati

Gamedze

  • PeopleemaSwati
  • Grouping disputed: Bemdzabuko (Kuper) | Emakhandzambili (Bonner; Wikipedia)
  • Surnames recorded Gamedze
  • Places recorded Sidvokodvo, Siphofaneni, Eswatini

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What Was Written Down

Bonner, as reported, describes the Gamedze as found in place and forced to submit to Mswati II after 1852; Kuper lists them as true Swazi. Both readings are kept. 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, Bonner series (A6): interview with Mandlabovu Fakudze, 1970, with endnotes, 1970; printed 2021 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK1/(A6)FAKU.pdf
  • Swaziland Oral History Project, Bonner series (A6): interview with Mandlabovu Fakudze, 1970, with endnotes, 1970; printed 2021 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK1/(A6)FAKU.pdf (endnote xxxix (Kuper p.233 bemdzabuko)
  • Thabani Thwala, The Politics of Placing Princes in Historical and Contemporary Swaziland (MA research report, supervisor Philip Bonner), 2013 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/FHYA%20Depot/Theses%20and%20Dissertations/Thwala_2013_The_Politics_of_Placing_Princes_in_Historical_and_Contemporary_Swaziland.pdf (p.18)
  • Wikipedia contributors, Swazi people (English Wikipedia), read 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swazi_people

Recorded Alongside

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

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