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Sinanatelo · siSwati

Ntshangase

Also spelled Ntjangase.

  • PeopleemaSwati
  • Grouping not stated by the sources read
  • Surnames recorded Ntshangase
  • Places recorded Southern Eswatini, Phongolo

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About This Record

What Was Written Down

The Ntshangase entered Eswatini under Masiphula Ntshangase, an induna of the Zulu king Mpande, and settled just north of the Phongolo; Masiphula commanded the Zulu side in a battle with Mngayi Fakudze's Swazi around 1836. 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 (B9): interview with Simelane Simelane, koNtshingila, 6 May 1970, with…, 1970; printed 2021 — https://emandulo.apc.uct.ac.za/collection/WITS/FLOPPYS/DISK3/(B9)SIME.pdf

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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