Mnguni

Mnguni was said to be the leader - and earliest named ancestor - of the Nguni nation^[1] who reached Southern Africa migrating from the North. Additionally, he was the father of King Xhosa.^[2] The Xhosa people, 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 South Africa. It now includes the Zulus, Xhosas, Ndebeles and Swazis 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. Xhosa kings trace their lineage to Mnguni, as the founder of the Xhosa Kingdom was his heir Xhosa.

References

^ Keegan, Timothy (5 July 2023). An Age of Hubris: Colonialism, Christianity, and the Xhosa in the Nineteenth Century. University of Virginia Press. ISBN 978-0-8139-4918-5.
^ Wilson, Monica; Thompson, Leonard (5 October 2022). A History of South Africa to 1870. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-64428-9.

[1] Keegan, Timothy (5 July 2023). An Age of Hubris: Colonialism, Christianity, and the Xhosa in the Nineteenth Century. University of Virginia Press. ISBN 978-0-8139-4918-5.

[2] Wilson, Monica; Thompson, Leonard (5 October 2022). A History of South Africa to 1870. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-64428-9.

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Monarchs of the Zulu nation (list)
Kings of Nguni	Mnguni Nkosinkulu Mdlani Luzumana Malandela kaLuzumana Ntombela kaMalandela
Chieftains of the Zulus	Zulu kaMalandela Gumede kaZulu Phunga kaGumede Mageba kaGumede Ndaba kaMageba Jama kaNdaba Mkabayi kaJama* Senzangakhona kaJama Sigujana kaSenzangakhona
Kings of the Zulu Kingdom	Shaka kaSenzangakhona Dingane kaSenzangakhona Mpande kaSenzangakhona Cetshwayo kaMpande
Kings of Zululand	Dinuzulu KaCetshwayo Solomon kaDinuzulu Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu Mantfombi Dlamini* Misuzulu Sinqobile kaZwelithini
*Regent