WIVES AND ROYAL CHILDREN OF NGUNI KING ZWANGENDABA JELE

 THE WIVES AND NOTABLE CHILDREN OF ZWANGENDABA!

1. Loziwawa; born in 1800 in St Lucia Bay area,she was from the Ndwandwe (Nxumalo) house, she was actually a niece of Zwide. She was barren, she crossed the Zambezi river and died in Eastern Zambia before the Boer Angoni War. She was from the village of Emveyeyweni which would later change its name to Emthenguleni. She was in fact a cousin of Soshangane.

2. Soseya Nxumalo: born in 1808, she was a young sister of Loziwawa. Her notable children with the King are Nthuto (Mphezeni), Chinjobvu and Misholo (Mihlolo).She too was from the village of Emvewyeni. She also stayed in the village of Loangweni after the destruction of Emveyweni village by Gwaza Tholes forces. She died in 1900 in present day Zambia after having discovered the village of Edingeni which is still there to this day.
She is in fact buried near the site of the old village of Mtenguleni Uka Sosera close to the Kakolo stream; her grave is now marked by an euphorbia tree. The site is on the farm which was once owned by Major Jefferies, O.B.E., which prior to the invasion of the Ngoni used to be the land of the Achewa chief, KamparaHer ears were boed so large.
3. Mnene: she was from Ekwendeni village and was from the Nzima clan. She was initially thought to be incapable of having male children. She is the mother of Lomagazi and M'mbelwa. She died in present day Malawi.

4. Qutu/Chutu: also from the Nzima clan, she was the young sister to Mnene. She also hailed from the village of Ekwendeni. She is the mother of Mtwalo and she too died on Malawian soil.

5. Mkumhlane; She was from the village of Emcisweni which was one of the favorite villages of Zwangendaba. She was the mother of Lufo (Mpherembe). She had initially gone to Eastern Zambia with her son and supporters and stayed among the Mambwes. It is not clear whether she died on Zambian soil or Malawian soil as in the late 1860s her son, Mpherembe was expelled from Northern Zambia by the Chitimukulu who was their enemy.

6. Chiwambati: She was from the village of Emanyareni. She is the one who gave birth to Ndabazakhe (meaning his/her own affairs) in 1837 at Mkoko in present day Zambia, among the Nsenga Nation.

7. Chibenya Mkhalipi; She was from Elangeni Village and she was the mother of Mabilabo who was born at Mawiri, (present day Malawi) in 1841.

8. Mambiti; She was from Embangweni Village, had no sons during the lifetime of Zwangendaba, but after his death she was married in levirate to Mahruli Nkosi, who took over all the wives of Zwangendaba, and by him she bore a son Mzukuzuku, known as Majelemafu or Indaba Ya Madoda in 1856. She died on Malawian soil.

Queens Nthomane, Bazyamanzya, Zin-Khabi, Nquaneleni, Nkhaleni and Nshanya never crossed the uGwembe river in 1835 but they were also wives of Zwangendaba.
                                                    

Mkosi Jele currently reigns as King M'mbelwa V. He is of the M'mbelwa bloodline and a direct descendant of Zwangendaba.

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