Emalangeni (also Embo-Dlamini or Nguni-Dlamini) was an early Nguni-speaking community in the Maputaland-Lubombo region of southeastern Africa.Sikhondze, Bonginkosi Bhutana. State Within A State: The History of the Evolution of the Mamba clan of Swaziland Transafrican Journal of History, vol. 15, 1986, pp. 144. JSTOR. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
The term is historically used to refer to the followers and descendants of Chief Langa within the broader Embo groups. It means "people of Langa" and functioned to refer to the community of early Swazi people that Langa led as Chief.
"Emalangeni" also survives in the praise names of the Dlamini clan, the current rulers of the Kingdom of Eswatini.
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