''Mnguni'' was the leader of the

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nation in who reached Southern Africa migrating from the North and also the father of King Xhosa. The

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, today considered a sub-nation of the Nguni nation, were historically referred to as AbeNguni. Mnguni's name derives from the word Nguni, the name for the major ethnicity in

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. It now includes the Zulus,

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, Ndebeles and

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among others. Most of the different Nguni-tribes trace their lineage to Mnguni, the King of the unified (pre-Zulu, pre-Xhosa, pre-Ndebele, pre-Swazi etc.) Nguni nation in South Africa.

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kings trace their lineage to Mnguni, as the founder of the Xhosa Kingdom was his heir

. Mnguni means "belonging to Nguni(Nguni being the founder) or belonging to the Nguni nation". Mnguni Lethukuthula, (son of well-known Raymond S Mnguni) from

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) claims to be the prince and the upcoming leader of the Nguni clan.

References

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