Why mixed layers are expected
Frontier lineages formed through long periods of alliance and incorporation. Mixed praise-name structures are therefore evidence of historical process, not loss of authenticity.
Section Deep Dive
AmaQithi izibongo and mixed memory layers
Current AmaQithi izibongo are treated as living memory that carries both San-linked continuity and Thembu historical layering.
Oral transmission and resilience
Izibongo persisted through displacement, renaming pressure, and archive loss because they were transmitted through social practice rather than paper systems alone.
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