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    The Xhosa people, or Xhosa-speaking people (/ˈkɔːsə/ KAW-sə, /ˈkoʊsə/ KOH-sə; Xhosa pronunciation: [kǁʰɔ́ːsa] ) are a Bantu ethnic group native to South...
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  • This is a list of notable Xhosa people. King Maxhoba Sandile, Aa! Zanesizwe! - King of the Rharhabe sub-group of the Xhosa nation in Mngqesha Great Palace...
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  • Look up Xhosa or xhosa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Xhosa may refer to: Xhosa people, a nation, and ethnic group, who live in south-central and...
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    Xhosa (/ˈkɔːsə/ KAW-sə, /ˈkoʊsə/ KOH-sə; Xhosa pronunciation: [kǁʰóːsa]), formerly spelled Xosa and also known by its local name isiXhosa, is a Nguni...
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    The Xhosa Wars (also known as the Cape Frontier Wars or the Kaffir Wars) were a series of nine wars (from 1779 to 1879) between the Xhosa Kingdom and...
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    sub-federations under AmaXhosa kingdom, which are (AbaThembu, AmaMpondo, and AmaMpondomise) in the 5th century AD.The recent homeland of the Xhosa people is marked by...
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  • uLwesihlanu Saturday - uMgqibelo Xhosa language Xhosa people Xhosa clan names Zulu calendar Kirsch et al., Clicking with Xhosa, David Phillip Publishers, Cape...
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  • Iziduko (pl.) in Xhosa are family names that are considered more important than surnames among Xhosa people. Many Xhosa persons can trace their family...
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    follows: Nguni people (alphabetical): Bhaca people Hlubi people Southern Ndebele people Swati people Xhosa people Zulu people Shangana–Tsonga people Sotho–Tswana...
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    The amaMfengu (in the Xhosa language Mfengu, plural amafengu) were a group of Xhosa clans whose ancestors were refugees that fled from the Mfecane in...
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    (entity), any" (e.g. Xhosa umntu "person" abantu "people", Zulu umuntu "person", abantu "people"). There is no native term for the people who speak Bantu languages...
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  • is the 5th chief in succession. Phuthi people are the descendants of Swazi, Sotho, eastern San and Xhosa people who lived in the areas where these ethnicities...
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    Thembu (redirect from Thembu people)
    The Thembu (Xhosa: AbaThembu) are Xhosa people who lived in the Thembu Kingdom. AbaThembu likely settled in their present-day region in the Eastern Cape...
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  • Ahlangene Sigcawu (category Living people)
    King Vulikhaya kaXolilizwe (Ahlangene Cyprian Sigcawu) is the King of Xhosa people. He was born in 1970 in Nqadu Great Place in Willowvale by King Xolilizwe...
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  • UThixo (category Xhosa language)
    faith in Xhosa-speaking communities in South Africa. The term is often used to refer to the supreme deity in Christian theology. Xhosa people, part of...
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    The Mpondomise people, also called Ama-Mpondomise, are a Xhosa-speaking people. Their traditional homeland has been in the contemporary era Eastern Cape...
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    Maqoma (category Xhosa people)
    September 1873) was a Xhosa chief and a commander of the Xhosa forces during the Cape Frontier Wars. Born in the Right Hand House of the Xhosa Kingdom, he was...
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  • Xhosa literature is the spoken and written literature of the Xhosa people of Southern Africa. The Xhosa language is spoken in South Africa and Zimbabwe...
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    Nongqawuse (category Xhosa people)
    (Xhosa pronunciation: [noᵑǃʱawuːse]; c. 1841 – 1898) was a Xhosa prophet. Her prophecies resulted in a millenarian belief that culminated in the Xhosa...
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    Archibald Campbell Jordan (category Xhosa people)
    of Western education and Xhosa traditional beliefs amongst the "School people" and the "Ochre people" of the Mpondomise people. After a brief stint as...
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    in Zimbabwe. The San are also referred to as Batwa by Xhosa people and as Baroa by Sotho people. The Bantu term Batwa refers to any foraging tribesmen...
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  • The Xhosa nation has two independent kingships, with the Gcaleka Xhosa, being the senior branch as the Great House of King Phalo kaTshiwo and the Rharhabe...
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    Zozibini Tunzi (category Xhosa people)
    December 2019). "Miss South Africa Zozibini Tunzi Crowned Miss Universe 2019". People.Retrieved 10 December 2019 Morin, Alyssa (9 December 2019). "Miss South...
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    Ciskei (category Articles containing Xhosa-language text)
    Kei), officially the Republic of Ciskei (Xhosa: iRiphabliki yeCiskei), was a Bantustan for the Xhosa people, located in the southeast of South Africa...
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    Aphelele Fassi (category Xhosa people)
    Aphelele Onke Okuhle Fassi (born 23 January 1998) is a South African professional rugby union player for the Sharks in the United Rugby Championship and...
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  • the Xhosa people of South Africa. It is sung at weddings to bring good fortune. In the western world it is mainly known as The Click Song. The Xhosa title...
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    Umngqusho (category Xhosa people)
    referred to as isitambu (stamped corn) by the Zulu people and umngqusho by the Xhosa people. The Xhosa version, served with butter or fat, was apparently...
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    Zindzi Mandela (category Xhosa people)
    Zindziswa "Zindzi" Mandela (23 December 1960 – 13 July 2020), also known as Zindzi Mandela-Hlongwane, was a South African diplomat and poet, and the daughter...
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  • Lloyiso (category Xhosa people)
    Loyiso Gijana (born 8 March 1999), professionally known as Lloyiso is South African singer-songwriter and producer. Born and raised in Uitenhage, Eastern...
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    Ami Faku (category Xhosa people)
    Amanda Faku (born 28 May 1993) is a South African singer, performer and songwriter. Born and raised in the township of eZinyoka, Port Elizabeth, developed...
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