Talk:Kalanga people

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Kalanga tribe are immigrants from Zimbabwe who later settled in Limpopo and become bakgalaka which is now used as a clan name for man different tribes in the province,

I'm not an expert on the topic, but the article does contain quite a few statements that seem 'contrary' to other histories. Some of this might be in dispute - but there is not enough information out there to conclusively solve it. An expert will be needed. Gk sa (talk) 09:31, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have pruned a couple of big sections that are nothing but someone's collected opinions and tried to get the rest to flow. However, even what is left is fractured and controversial as there are no sources for what appears to be a series self-publicised assertions and speculation. Perhaps someone could supply some information from a reputable historical text. Any comments?--Sinazita (talk) 11:53, 28 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The stats given for the Kalanga tribe could be much higher that we think. Influenced by Sotho speaking tribes in South Africa the large part of Limpopo province is accupied by Bakgalaka who claim to originate from Bokgalaka( Zimbabwe). They got history of once living in Mapunkubwe just as Bakalanga. I would specifically give as an example Bakgalaka ba ga-Mogano from where I come from. I once came across an article that suggest that the Babirwa, Bakone, Balubedu, Mamabolos are all Bakgalaka. My reseach has been very shallow in this matter and is open to correction however, I strongly believe is up to Bakalanga and Bakgalaka to knit these pieces together.(Makgwadi Mogano) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.151.131.162 (talk) 13:18, 19 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Severe Lack of Citations on "History" Section

Section title says everything. The entire history section is poorly sourced with next to no citations. I cannot help but feel the article's authors are determined to claim history associated with the Shona without properly citing any of the established claims. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HiddenHistoryPedia (talk • contribs) 23:41, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

List of villages and towns

The list of villages and towns is way too long (and of course unsourced). Maybe a good start would be to keep only the entry with blue links? Lennart97 (talk) 20:41, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

General Disrespect

Why is Kalanga culture continuously filtered through a Western (Afrikaner?) prism? "This is the attire worn when they go and plead for rain at Njelele shrine in Zimbabwe, which is the headquarters for the Hosanna’s of Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe." Hosannas? Also, isn't there a different photograph than a woman contorting her face and rolling her eyes? Also, there is a general lack of sourcing in this article. 2001:1C00:1E20:D900:58A4:470D:908C:C142 (talk) 02:40, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Karanga

Why is the article for the "Karanga" Shona group redirected to this page? I thought we'd been over this before, and this page is no better or more accurate than it was then. Criticalthinker (talk) 07:26, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]