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When a woman marries she may take her husband's surname, but she always keeps her own clan name, adding the prefix Ma- to it. A man and a woman who have the same clan name may not marry, as they are considered to be related. A few Xhosa clan names:
SOURCES http://www.africanvoices.co.za/xhosa/xhosatop.htm African Voices Kirsch et al., Clicking with Xhosa, 2001, David Phillips Publishers, Cape Town, p.22 |
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