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Incwadi Yami; or, Twenty years' personal experience in South Africa (1887)

Matthews, J. W. (Josiah Wright), b. 1841, Rosenthal, Eric, Cloete, Ena · London : S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington · leaf 50

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y the next position to that of the chief wife. If male issue fail the chief wife, the eldest son of the “ikohlo,” or right-hand wife, can only suc¬ ceed to the chieftainship in event of male issue failing all the wives of the left-hand side. The head of the kraal is enti¬ tled to receive all the… … Generally when the head of a kraal dies, the heir leaves the kraal to the chief wife and to the “iquadi, ” his younger brothers remaining, and if any of his father’s widows are

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