The "polyonymous identity" of the Hlengwe people of Zimbabwe and their struggle for a "collective proper name"

The Hlengwe people of Zimbabwe constitute one of the four sections of the Hlengwe subgroup of the Tsonga – an ethnic group found in four Southern African countries that include Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Swaziland. Before the 18th century, these sections constituted a single group that w...

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Auteurs: Mathebula, Mandla D. (Auteur) ; Mokgoatšana, Sekgothe (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publié: 2020
Dans: HTS teologiese studies
Année: 2020, Volume: 76, Numéro: 4
Sujets non-standardisés:B Tsongas
B Hlengwe
B Polyonymous Identity
B Zimbabwe
B Shangani
B Collective Proper Name
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