Babanango
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Babanango is an name of a hill, a stream and a settlement situated in Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. There are many versions of where the name Babanango originates from, the common accepted origin comes from the Zulu words ‘Ubaba nangu’. The popular story goes that many years ago a small child got lost on the slopes of the mist-shrouded hill and when an elder brother found her he shouted, "Ubaba, nangu" which means "Father there she is". Other meanings are "The Infant who Cannot Sit Up" and "Father, Where Are You?"
History
Emakuseni in the Mkumbane Valley on the banks of a tributary of the White Umfolozi river near to Babanango is the site of one of King Dingane kaSenzangakhona's great kraals - emGungundlovu where Piet Retief and his Voortrekkers were massacred in 1838. The name is said to mean "the Place of the Sheep" or "At the Graves of the Chiefs". The settlement of Babanango was originally part of a land grant to European farmers in 1885 by King Dinizulu kaCetshwayo.