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ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… together with other young men undergoes the traditional Xhosa initiation ceremony. The Initiation school is held on … about the previous century's frontier…
Bibliography: Missionary settlement in southern Africa
… 1968. Account of the Tribal Life and Customs of the Xhosa in 1807. Translated by Dr William Fehr. Cape Town: AA … APPLEYARD, Rev. JW. 1971. The War of the…
ArticleHow do we find out about the history of a local area?
… born in KwaZulu Natal. Her father was Zulu and her mother Xhosa. This means that she grew up with two cultures. When … She tells her stories either in…
ArticleThe Mfecane: Understanding a Period of Transformation in Southern Africa
… means "forced migration" or "the hammering." The original Xhosa term ukufaca means "to be weak, emaciated by hunger" - … term "Mantatees" became a catch-all…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… guards. Land Dispossession and Defeat of African Kingdoms (Xhosa, 1878 & Pedi and Zulu, 1879) An alliance between Khoikhoi rebels in the colony and the Xhosa…
ArticleZulu
… Nguni (the Zulu-speaking peoples), the Southern Nguni (the Xhosa-speaking peoples), the Swazi people from Swaziland and … that approximately 9 million South…
ArticleThe Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960
… - Africa for the Africans. It was first expressed by a Xhosa missionary, Tiyo Siga, in the 19th century. Tension …
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
… came into conflict with first the Khoikhoi and later the Xhosa people (a Bantu-speaking group to which Mandela … of the subjugation of the Tembu, Pondo,…
ArticleEuropean trading systems in the Middle Ages - fourteenth to sixteenth centuries
… on Khoikhoi land. Later, in the East, they met up with the Xhosa, who also fought against the loss of their lands. Some … inland they began competing with…
The Cape Northern Frontier
… in a second conflict, one of many with local peoples, with Xhosa forces for the territory east of the Great Fish River. …
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… sangoma – a traditional healer – and her father was a Xhosa coalminer. Makeba attended the Kimerton Training … original spelling is Phatha which is a word in…
ArticleThe Khoisan
… the Orange River; and the Gonaqua, interspersed among the Xhosa in the Eastern Cape. But the largest concentration of … Currie. Together with 400 mounted…
ArticleThe Linton Panel & the San language
… against the palate, similar to the x sound in the word Xhosa. The k is not pronounced. The Context of the Human …
ArticleThe Homelands
… homelands of Ciskei and Transkei were created only for the Xhosa people, while Bophuthatswana was created only for the …
ArticlePrehistory of the Port Elizabeth area
… communities. Clicks in Cape Nguni dialects, such as Xhosa, indicate an intense interaction with Khoe …
Mission Stations - N-S
… on three sides by the buildings already described. A (Xhosa) Interpreter residing here, kept an eating-house, and … a little mud-walled chapel. There were…
ArticleSS Mendi
… to do. Brothers, we are drilling the death drill. I, a Xhosa, say you are my brothers...Swazis, Pondos, Basotho...so …
KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village: References/Bibliography
… Painting in South Africa, with Particular Reference to Xhosa Painting . Unpublished DLitt and Phil. University of …
ArticleAZAPO’s Women’s Wing - Imbeleko
… profound cultural meaning in Nguni tradition. In Zulu and Xhosa cultures, imbeleko refers to both a material object - …
ArticleDefining culture, heritage and identity
… Such an enquiry clearly makes little sense, for the Xhosa, Zulu, Pedi, Dinka, Himba, Berber, Arab, and so forth … Contained within South Africa's borders…
The Freedom struggle: Political mobilisation in Port Elizabeth
… against White oppression. After the defeat of the Xhosa by the British in the frontier wars, three significant …
ArticleAfrican Traditional Religion
… Africans, especially the Nguni groups like the Zulu and Xhosa. Traditional African religion and culture is passed on …
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts timeline 1602-1966
… - 1819 The British are involved in a second conflict wit Xhosa forces for the territory east of the Great Fish River. …
Biography of Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana by Nick Mencia
… experienced staunch racism at his performances due to his Xhosa heritage. These compounding experiences eventually … Feza and Moholo. The band name came from…
ArticleThe Roots of Segregation: 1860-1910
… and force, or the threat of such. Areas of African (Xhosa) occupation on the eastern frontier however, although … by the cattle-killing of 1856-57. The story…
The Struggle Over Land, The Basotho lose out
… to other major African kingdoms in the country, like the Xhosa, the Zulu and the Pedi. The story of the Basotho in the … Africa. He had heard how the British…
ArticleKora
… Currie. Together with 400 mounted Boers and Basters, 100 Xhosa and 200 regulars, Currie was soon able to scatter the …
ArticleIndigenous medicine and traditional healing
… dose is given. The Bitter Aloe The Bitter Aloe (umhlaba in Xhosa, Zulu and Sotho) is used as a traditional medicine. The …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1600s
… into the groups that we know today (Zulu, Ndebele, Tswana, Xhosa etc). 1601 Joris van Spilbergen, leading a Dutch fleet, … the Namaquas. 1660 The Thembu,…
ArticleLand, Labour and Apartheid
… between the different tribes in South Africa' Sotho, Zulu, Xhosa, Tswana, Pedi, etc. This was a 'divide and rule' …