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Mthwakazi
Mthwakazi is the traditional name of the proto-Ndebele and Ndebele kingdom that existed until the end of the 19th century within the area of today's Zimbabwe.〔(Brief History of Mthwakazi (English) ). Retrieved 2012-08-09.〕 Mthwakazi is widely used to refer to inhabitants of Matebeleland and Midlands provinces in Zimbabwe.〔(Mthwakazi Foundation Inc. ) Retrieved 2012-08-09.〕 ==Etymology== The word Matabele is an anglicised term that was used by the British, a spelling that is still common in older texts, because they found it difficult to pronounce the word amaNdebele. Moreover, in the early 19th century, the Ndebele lived in territories populated by Sotho-Tswana peoples who used the plural prefix "ma" for certain types of unfamiliar people or the Nguni prefix "ama," so the British explorers, who were first informed of the existence of the kingdom by Sotho-Tswana communities they encountered on the trip north, would have been presented with two variations of the name, first, the Sotho-Tswana pronunciation (maTebele, or Matabele) and second, the Ndebele pronunciation (Ndebele or amaNdebele). They are now commonly known as the "Ndebele" or "amaNdebele" under Zimbabwean rule (but were officially known as the Matabele under British rule〔''Official Yearbook of the Colony of Southern Rhodesia'', 1924〕).
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