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Pro-Afrika… Afrika Must Triumph!
Mar 1, 2020 5 tweets 2 min read
‘Real Shangaans’ are Nguni by blood. They intermarried with Vatsonga, and assimilated into Xitsonga and Vutsonga. Don’t confuse the two. If anything, Shangaans are Tsonga by assimilation, language & practice, not the other way round.
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#TsongaAndProud I refer to ‘real Shangaans’ because there are Vatsonga who have no trace of Nguni blood, yet they proudly call themselves Shangaans. There are many reasons to that end: distorted history, inferiority dynamics, and ignorance.