AbaThembu Descent line

Possible YDNA Haplogroup E1b1a (aka E-M2)

• Zwide is the earliest known leader of the abaThembu who ruled round about 1080. One his most notable descendants of was
• Mbulali (c1280? - extrapolated from Njanye) the father of
• Njanye, (fl c1307?) who fathered
• Thembu (who led his people out of KwaZulu–Natal to Dedesi in the present day Eastern Cape) and who in turn fathered
• Mvelase (who remained with his followers in the present day KwaZulu-Natal, and following the rise of Shaka to power, became part of the greater amaZulu nation) and
• Ndilo.

The line of succession after Thembu is as follows:

• Ndilo,
• Ntongakazi (Dumakazi),
• Bhomoyi, (fl c<1517)
• Cedume,
• Mnguti,
• Ntoyi,
• Ntande and
• Nxeko. See abaThembu Descent Line Project

-Njanye and Bhomoyi's dates taken from: Sihele, E G. (Councillor of the Thembu King of Roda). ‘Who Are The Abathembu; Where Do They Come From?’ Handtyped Manuscript c1933 http://www.ru.ac.za/media/rhodesuniversity/content/corylibrary/docu...

The Ancestry of the abaThembu Kings

The earliest known ancestor of the abaThembu was Mbulali, whose grandson, Thembu, led his people from the present kwaZulu-Natal area to Dedesi in the present day Eastern cape.

Eight generations later, Nxeko, who can be considered the first Thembu King, led his people from Dedesi to the Msana river (where he lies buried), a tributary of the Mbashe River in Mthatha district.

His two sons fought over the succession, and Hlanga (or Mahlangu) from the Great Hut was defeated by his brother Dlomo, from the Right Hand Hut.Dlomo was the father of Hala, and ancestor of all later Kings.

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~royalty/states/southafrica...
• Peires, JB: ‘The House of Phalo’. 1981, Raven Press, Johannesburg, SA