Xhosa clan names

Xhosa clan names (isiduko (sing.), iziduko (pl.) in Xhosa) are family names which are considered more important than surnames among Xhosa people. Much like the clan system of Scotland, each Xhosa person can trace their family history back to a specific male ancestor or stock. Mentioning the clan name of someone you wish to thank is the highest form of respect, and it is considered polite to enquire after someone's clan name when you meet them. The clan name is also sometimes used as an exclamation by members of that clan.[1]

When a woman marries she may take her husband's surname, but she always keeps her own clan name, adding the prefix Ma- to it. A man and a woman who have the same clan name may not marry, as they are considered to be related.

Clan names

A few clan names of amaXhosa and related ethnic groups include:

AmaGiqwa: ooJikijwa, Mvaba, Meqo, Ncudwana, Nkosana, Mdeyama, Xhe, Bhaxa, Qhirama, Nonesi, Qobo, Ntshinga ay'khwazwa ikhwazwa ngabayazo.

'Dikela' Mqwathi, yongose, noni, mfuyo, ntswayibane LINDILE THUTHANI MDANTSANE

Maduna (Gubevu, Nokhala, Jiyana, Tiba, Msuthu, Umnt'owaw'edakeni kwathi nqa abantu)

“…Abakwa Nkwali bazalwa ebukhosini, kunjalo nje baduma kakhulu ngolawulo likaDlomo. UMlabatheki wayengumfo wakwaNkwali; yena uzala uBukula, lo ufungwayo ngabo. uBukula ngulo wamisela uNtsele kubukhulu bamaHlubi, gokusuka amkhelele amanzi ngophondo ukuba awase kuise-mkhulu uDlomo. AbakwaMaphela isekwa ngabakwaNkwali. Balifumana eli gama kuba ubutyebi babo buska banyakasela ngokwamaphela, kwaba se kusithiwas ngabakwaMaphela. “Ngabakwa Nkwal’ enkosi, Enyon’ engadliwa ngabafokazana idliwa ngamakhosi. Ngabakwa Buz’ elikhul’ elagedl’ umhlanga, Kwavel’ amaBuz’ abuzwana. NgabakwaNongubo-ntloko. Abanye bazitetil’ abanye bazithwele. Inkwali yintak’ engcondo zibomvu Edla ikhethe lomfula”…” Source: IZiduko zama Hlubi, ngu Henry Masila Ndawo. Published by Lovedale Press, 1939. Found at Rhodes University Library. Last updated 12/03/2013 nguNkwali, uBukula, uThando wakwa Mjebeza kaNokuni ozalwaNgumsithi yena ozalwangu Mjebeza eGobozana eQonce.

" Ngcwangule"( Mpondo clan name, Tita , Phelwani, Nqashiya, Sikhuni somga nesomthole, mfazii obelelinye owaliphosa phesheya komlanjana bahlutha bonke abasemangcwaguleni, ntombi ziyamlilela zithi Bhuti usishiyela ntoni sikhuthanda nje, Ntombi zithi ndizeke Bhuti noba awunankomo, umntu awagwazumntu emasendeni

Major Xhosa-speaking nations or groups

Not all Xhosa speaking people belong to the amaXhosa nation whose rulership descends from amaTshawe (the Gcaleka and Rharhabe rulerships. The amaXhosa nation are the descendants of the line of Tshiwo to Phalo who begot Gcaleka and Rharhabe. Some people make the mistake of saying all Xhosa speakers are Umzi kaPhalo. The House of Phalo split into the amaGcaleka and amaRharhabe and the kingdom is presently being fought over between these two Xhosa houses. The issue of a Xhosa kingdom remains unresolved.

These nations or groups include:

The AmaMpondo have their separate lineage that is traceable from Sibiside to Dlemini to Njanya, to Mpondo and Mpondomise (twins) and Xesibe. The descendants of Mpondo are Santsabe, Sukude, Msiza, Ncindise, Cabe, Gangata, Bhala, Chithwayo, Khonjwayo, Ngcoya, Hlamandana, Tahle, Nyawuza and many others. The descendants of Xesibe are Ntozabantu to Ndzuza to Miyana to Bimbi to Nondzaba who begot Hlabe to Mthetho to Mtshutshumbe who founded the amaQwathi nation. Mtshutshumbe begot Mndwana begot Ncobe begot Nkovane begot Ntswayibana begot Dikela. The amaMpondo, amaMpondomise, amaXesibe and amaQwathi nations are related but the amaQwathi settled in Thembuland more than 350 years ago and as a result Qwathi chiefdom is more Thembu in culture and political association.

See also

References

  1. ↑ African Voices
  2. ↑ http://www.curragh-labs.org/research/sharing_cultures/personal-nm2.html
  3. ↑ http://books.google.co.za/books?id=pTaFDi1tNzMC&pg=PA22&dq=uVelelo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6hpIUuybOcaM7Qav3YGQBg&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=uVelelo&f=false
  4. ↑ http://books.google.co.za/books?id=pTaFDi1tNzMC&pg=PA22&dq=uVelelo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6hpIUuybOcaM7Qav3YGQBg&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Uvelelo&f=false
  5. ↑ The origin of the Qwathi
  6. ↑ http://abongisocial.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/iziduko-nezinqulo-zamaxhosa-jikelele/

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