Makalaka

Makalaka is a general designation used by the Bechuana, Matabele and kindred peoples, for conquered or slave tribes. Thus, many of the tribes subjugated by the Makololo chief, Sebetwane (or Sebituane, or Setitwane) in about 1830 were called Makalaka. The name is more frequently used to designate the Makalanga, one of the tribes now classed as Mashonas, who were brought into subjection by the Matabele.

References

• David Livingstone Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, London, 1857
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "^{article name needed}". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

'Makalaka' is an expression used by various Londoners from the Queens Park district of London to denote, 'I am most surprised', or, 'Well I never', or 'Goodness me'. The source is uncertain but believed to have emanated from a family, Oakley. who were farmhands in Buckinghamshire in the 18th Century and moved to Portobello Road in London in the mid 19th Century. In the early 20th century the said family moved to Queens Park, not far from Portobello Road, and the expression became widespread.