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 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 c1517)
• 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...