Magwamban.

1884 P. Berthoud in Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. 16 45 This language was never known under its true name, until the Swiss missionaries settled among the Ma-Gwamba people and studied their language.

1892 W. L. Distant Naturalist in Transvaal 100 The Magwambas, or ‘knob-noses’ so-called from having their noses originally ornamented with notches or scars, were the tribe or clan of the Bantu race with which I was principally thrown in contact.

1900 A. H. Keane Boer States: Land & People 99 The degraded Magwamba (‘demons’ or ‘devils’), called ‘Knobnoses’ by the Transvaal Boers.

1905 Native Tribes of Transvaal 64 Ma-gwamba, a name by which they are often known, was given to the Shangaans by the Bavenda and Basuto peoples on account of their habit of swearing by ‘Gwamba’ who according to them was the first man created.

1935 N. J. van Warmelo Prelim. Survey Bantu Tribes v. p. ii/3 ma Gwamba, a general term for the vạTonga of the Northern Transvaal.

1970 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. I. 288 He [sc. Albasini] established a model farm..where he lived from 1857 in feudal fashion in a fort, surrounded by his Magwamba followers.