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Title:Xolo Clans
Author:Jackson, A.O.
Year:1979
Periodical:South African Journal of Ethnology
Volume:2
Issue:2
Pages:19-23
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:Nguni
kinship
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Abstract:The author is convinced that the simple explanation of clan fission in terms of the whims of a chief (when he wishes to marry a girl of his own clan, which is forbidden, he decrees that the clan to which the girl belongs shall henceforth bear a different clan name) does not account for the emergence of all of the numerous Natal Nguni clans. This article examines this question with reference to the clans of the abakwaXolo in southern Natal and shows that clan fission occurs in areas where a particular clan predominates so that it is difficult for a man to select a wife. Clan fission in the Xolo chiefdom does not require the sanction of a chief and conditions must be favourable. Notes, ref., tab., samevatting in Afrikaans.