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Their expansion led eventually to the final defeat of the Gudule in Gharaza. We discuss in a
separate section what our oral sources told us about the pre-Korana lineage groups, one of
them being the already mentioned 'Goze', but also 'Margarha' (Margi) and the Fte Kra, who
moved to Zelidva. After that, we present what we know about the various lineage groups in
Kwalika and their links to Hiɗkala and the Ɗagha of Kadzgwara. We point out that they
should not be confused with the Ɗagha-Wasa who are the peacemaker lineage of the
Dghweɗe. We present the latter in a separate chapter about specialist lineage groups, where
we also present Tasa, the other 'son' of Mbra and 'father' of Gudule and Ske, who were
generally referred to as the Gaske rainmaker lineage.
Finally, we present the Thakara of Ghwa'a. We have already presented Ghwa'a as the early
arrival zone of pre-Korana lineages and clans, such as the ancestor of the Chikiɗe, who
moved on before or perhaps shortly after the formation of the Thakara as the dominant local
lineage group. We will present the various 'sons' of Thakara, among whom the descendants of
the Btha lineage were still in charge of the Durghwe mountain shrine during my time. Among
Thakara's four 'sons' it was Washile whose descendants eventually became the founders of
Kunde. We mentioned earlier that a part of Kunde was previously known as Tala Wandala
and we will return to that in our chapter section about the expansion of the Thakara of
Ghwa'a.
Difficulties in compiling a Dghweɗe lineage tree
Below is the Dghweɗe linage tree we came up with by looking through our oral data. There
are differences to some of Mathews' results from 1934. A major difference is that Mathews
does not mention Mbra but only 'Dofede' as the apical ancestor of the Dghweɗe. Apart from
'Dofede', he speaks of 'Wa'a 'Rwa (whose people live at Johode)', whom we identify here as
his version of Ruwa. He then speaks of 'Moghzo' (Mughuze) and includes 'Vargei' (which is
Vaghagaya) as two major lineages.
Figure 12: A Dghweɗe lineage tree
Mbra
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Dghweɗe
Kwiyaka
Tasa
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Ngalewe
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Ɗagha
Paduka
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Ske
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Thakara
Mughuze
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Ngaladewe Washile Btha Nighine
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Balngada Ghweske Kuɗume Vaghagaya Yazila Nagaladewe Wudza Kwili'a
My research and comparison with Mathews concluded that he was mistaken in the position of
'Wa'a 'Rwa'. Instead of identifying Ruwa as 'father' of Mughuze, he saw him as a prime
ancestor of many of the lineages associated with Ghwa'a. Besides, Mathews also seems to
sometimes mix up place names with the names of lineage ancestors. His referring indirectly to
'Wa'a 'Rwa' (Wa'a = Ghwa'a; 'Rwa = Ruwa) as Ruwa of Ghwa'a is one example. We will
discuss Ruwa in connection with Mughuze-Ruwa (meaning as the 'father' of Mughuze) again
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