Langa (ruler)

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Langa
Embo-Nguni chief
Reignc. early precolonial period
BornSoutheastern Africa (Maputaland-Lubombo region)
Died Tembeland
Issue
(according to oral history)
House House of Langa ( Emalangeni )
Dynasty Embo-Nguni
Religion Traditional African religion

Langa was an early precolonial Embo-Nguni chief in the Maputaland-Lubombo region of Southern Africa. He ruled a chiefdom within the Tembe Kingdom. [1]

His followers within the Embo groups were referred to as Emalangeni ("people of Langa"), Embo-Dlamini or Nguni-Dlamini, as they were later called during the reign his son Dlamini I [2] , and Amahlubi, descendants of his elder son Prince Hlubi. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Sikhondze, Bonginkosi Bhutana. State Within A State: The History of the Evolution of the Mamba clan of Swaziland Transafrican Journal of History, vol. 15, 1986, pp. 144. JSTOR. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
  2. ↑ Matsebula, J.S.M. (1988) History of Eswatini. Longman. 3rd edition. ISBN   0582031672. Page 6