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Sinanatelo · siSwati

Magagula

  • PeopleemaSwati
  • Grouping Emakhandzambili
  • Surnames recorded Magagula
  • Places recorded Around, Mdzimba, Sabie, Bulandzeni, Moyeni, Mliba, Dvokolwako

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Why It Is Not Here Yet

The rendering that was read: Anonymous blog administrator, Tinanatelo (community blog, 116 posts of June 2018), 2018, Blogger — http://tinanatelo.blogspot.com/2018/06/ (post Tinanatelo Magagula)

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About This Record

What Was Written Down

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Thwala 2013 describes the Magagula as the most powerful of the Sotho groups in central Eswatini, split over four or five generations into independent branches, the Magagula of Mnjoli suffering immediate conquest by Sobhuza I. Moyeni Magagula ruled at Bulandzeni before his defeat in the 1820s. Mswati II placed Maloyi at Ekutsimleni and Madzanga Ndwandwe at Bulandzeni to watch them. Mhlangala Magagula is said to have named the Mdzimba mountains. The Ngomane are recorded as a Magagula sub-clan by one narrator. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.

Where This Comes From

Written down by
  • 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
  • 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 (pp.6)
  • Anonymous blog administrator, Tinanatelo (community blog, 116 posts of June 2018), 2018, Blogger — http://tinanatelo.blogspot.com/2018/06/ (post Tinanatelo Magagula)
  • Wikipedia contributors, Emakhandzambili (English Wikipedia), read 2026-09-05, Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emakhandzambili

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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