Mfengu

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Mfengu

Member of a southern African people. As refugees from the Zulu wars of the 19th century, they settled among the Xhosa on land in the Cape Colony given to them by the British. Today they live in Transkei and Ciskei provinces.

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South Africa: history to 1902			In 1898 he married a woman of the Mfengu clan, Elizabeth Mbele, in a rare show at the time of cross-cultural alliances. Culture and social environment in the pre-colonial era by Mzamane, Mbulelo Vizikhungo / Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Pelargonium sidoides DC (Geraniaceae) is a herbaceous perennial with a long tradition of use in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, chest pain and bronchial infection among several ethnic groups in areas of Southern Africa, including Zelu, Bantu, Xhosa and Mfengu (Hutchings, 1996; Kolodziej and Kayser, 1998; Kolodziej. Efficacy of an aqueous pelargonium sidoides extract against ... by Schnitzler, P.; Schneider, S.; Stintzing, F.C.; Carle, R.; Reichling, J. / Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology 1960, a MaNala Dladla married woman's belt, and a complete Mfengu young matron's ensemble (Fig. Sense, Style, Presence: African Arts of Personal Adornment by Zimmerman, Courtnay Micots / African Arts			Meyer, Heinrich Meyer, Karl Meyer, Kerstin Meyer, Leonard B Meyer, Lothar Meyer, Viktor Meyerbeer, Giacomo Meyerhof, Otto Fritz Meyerhold, Vsevolod Yemilyevich Meyerowitz, Jan Meyers, Anne Akiko Meymaneh Meynell, Alice Christiana Gertrude Meynell, Wilfrid mezuzah mezzanine mezzo forte mezzo piano mezzo- mezzo-soprano Mezzogiorno mezzotint mf MFA Mfecane Mfengu mg Mgr MHD mho mi Mi contra Fa MI5 MI6 Miami Miami Beach Miami County Miami Shores Miami Springs Miamisburg Miaskovsky, Nikolai Yakovlevich Miass mica Mica, František Václav Micah Mich, Daniel Danforth Michael Michael the Brave Michael, George Michael, Mikhail Fyodorovich Romanov Michael, Roger			MFDM MFDN MFDP MFDQ MFDR MFDRC MFDS MFDSC MFDU MFDV MFE MFE MFEA MFEAT MFEC Mfecane Mfecane Mfecane/lifaqane Mfecane/lifaqane MFED MFEDA MFEE MFEG MFEIT MFEL MFEM MFENET Mfengu MFEO MFEOG MFEP mfERG MFERIT MFERT MFES MFESB MFESP MFESTS MFEW MFEZ MFF MFFA MFFAIS MFFARAPS MFFC MFFE MFFF MFFG MFFH MFFIMS MFFJM MFFK

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