Great Wife, otherwise appearing in West Africa as Senior Wife,[1] is an honorific applied to the principal female spouse in African polygynous unions. It is widely used by contemporary royal and aristocratic wives in states throughout the modern continent as a synonym for consort (e.g., Mantfombi Dlamini of eSwatini, who once served as the chief consort of a Zulu King, bore it as a title).[2]
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- ^ "King Zwelithini: Who is Mantfombi MaDlamini Zulu?". thesouthafrican.com. Retrieved June 13, 2023.