# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mnguni
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:25:23.084Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mnguni"
name: "Mnguni"
slug: "mnguni"
description: "Mnguni was said to be the leader - and earliest named ancestor - of the Nguni nation who reached Southern Africa migrating from the North. Additionally, he was the father of King Xhosa. The Xhosa people, today considered a sub-nation of the Nguni nation, were historically referred to as AbeNguni. Mnguni's name derives from the word Nguni, the name for the major ethnicity in South Africa. It now includes the Zulus, Xhosas, Ndebeles and Swazis among others."
tagline: "South African politician"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           45.3
  momentum:             7.814153256281224
  historical:           4.892658666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnguni"
    title: "Mnguni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnguni"
    title: "Mnguni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnguni"
    title: "Mnguni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnguni"
    title: "Mnguni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnguni"
    title: "Mnguni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnguni"
    title: "Mnguni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3644528"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump