This would make the Ngqika clan the paramount clan in the region and a major threat to their Gcaleka cousins to the east.

Xhosa clan names pdf. History of Xitsonga-Speaking Tribes An Analysis and Basic History Teaching Document Vonakani Maluleke Final Publication. The clan that went south ultimately became part of ama Xhosa Nguni people who are presently found in the Eastern Cape. The Xhosa nation is made up of tribes and clans.

The clan name is the name of the first ancestor or family that gave birth to the clan. Embellishes his or her clan name isiduko by reciting its praise poem izibongo. Mentioning the clan name of someone you wish to thank is the highest.

Much like the clan system of Scotland each Xhosa person can trace their family history back to a specific male ancestor or stock. CLAN NAMES ORIGINS AND CASTES IN SOUTHERN ZIMBABWE Bjirn Lindgren In Zimbabwe as in many other parts of Africa ethnicity has often been studied in relation to either the colonial state or the independent nation-state. Xhosa names for invasive species.

2 Spring 1996 p97 Link to this article. Thola elakho ijezi elinezibongo zakho. Xhosa clan names isiduko sing.

The Xhosa nation is made up of tribes and clans. PO box 7062 Kampala Uganda Phone. In 1793 Ndlambe sought to defeat the remaining Xhosa clans west of the Kei River.

Ranger 1985 1993 1999 and in the latter case. The fundamentals of the Clan system in Busoga Affiliation. 282019 This document is part of a series in my research projects.