Sinanatelo · siSwati
Nsibandze
Also spelled Sibandze, Sibande, Nsibande.
- PeopleemaSwati
- Grouping not stated by the sources read
- Surnames recorded Nsibandze, Sibandze
- Places recorded Around Zombodze, Mkhonta, Nhlabatsi, Silele, Silele Nsibandze
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Swaziland Oral History Project — edited transcripts and editorial endnotes, Wits Historical Papers A2760 (interviews 1968–1987; typescripts printed 2016 and 2021)
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The rendering that was read: 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 (entry Goje: the editors think it is one of the Nsibandze tinanatelo but were unsure)
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What Was Written Down
Nsibandze men have traditionally governed the southern Zombodze royal residences: Lohhiya Nsibandze, a renowned inyanga, was the first Nsibandze chief to acknowledge the royal house and built Zombodze for Mswati II; Matsafeni and Masenja held the governorship earlier; Phuhlaphi Nsibandze, governor of old Zombodze, was the most senior non-royal chief of his day. Simelane Simelane said the Sibandze arrived with the Ngwane. The Nkonyane say the Nsibandze came from Lumbuwako near Golela and took over their land in Mbandzeni's time. A Kuper classification for this clan was reported in a search snippet but could not be verified by reading, so none is recorded. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.
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- 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 (entry Goje: the editors think it is one of the Nsibandze tinanatelo but were unsure)
- Swaziland Oral History Project, Hamilton series: interview with Mshange and Dingili Nkonyane, Zombodze, 31 July 1983…, 1983; printed 2016 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/SWOHP/HAMILTON/9_Nkonyane_Mshange/WITS_SWOHP_HAM_19830731_experimentalDraft_typescript_Nkonyane_Mshange_from_CH_floppy_disk3_A2760.pdf
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