matsatsi

Updated: May 23, 2025

These bands or regiments, named mepato in the plural and mopato in the singular, receive particular appellations; as, the Matsatsi the suns; the Mabusa the rulers; equivalent to our Coldstreams or Enniskillens; and, though living in different parts of the town, they turn out at the call, and act under the chief's son as their commander.

David Livingstone - Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa