I declare it alright to refer to groups of people as they are known by their own and translate for those that will be lost in translation at the original names. For instance I will say Ngqika not Gaika.
Here's another educational tip:
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"there are drawings painted by Abathwa all along the Tina River on both banks? The Tina River is the big river that separates Mt Frere and Qumbu.
we are still in progress with archiving more information and linkages between the clan names and village names that have Abathwa dialect connotation to them.
The origins of `Tsilitwa come from "itsili labathwa. Must have been quite a few in that area and they stayed
ReplyDeletethanks Fix...Tsilitwa is one of the villages that houses lots of the Abathwa paintings along the Tina River. The picture above was taken in Tsilitwa.
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