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… Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi, Xhosa poet and prose writer, dies near King William’s Town. …

… bakeng sa ho phele ho Chamber of Mines (article written in Xhosa language) …

… programs aimed at limiting African livestock. The Xhosa version of his pamphlet. The Rehabilitation Scheme ”” A …

… Ms Stella Sigcau, Xhosa princess, third premier of Transkei for three months …

… A great gathering of Xhosa chiefs occurs in King Williams Town, where Cape …

… stick fighting with his peers and enjoying traditional Xhosa ceremonies. When he was five years old, his father was … Anglican Mission there, presiding over services in both Xhosa and Afrikaans, trying to build bridges between the … Cattle Killing, the event which all but sealed the fate of Xhosa people in 1856-57. Received wisdom from …

… Sandile, Xhosa chief born in the Ciskei in 1820, is killed in Denge …

… The Xhosa musical, uCarmen in Khayelitsha, wins the Golden Bear …

… King Hintsa ka Phalo of the Xhosa nation is killed by British troops.   Another source …

… four weeks later. Zille speaks fluent English, Afrikaans, Xhosa and German. Zille was awarded the Mayor of the Year …

… Governor of the Cape Sir Harry Smith deposes Xhosa King Sandile after his refusal to appear at talks, …

… According to Nongqawuse’s prophecy to the Xhosa people, on this day the sun will rise and set again in …

… organise the wedding of Prince Mxolisi Sandile, son of the Xhosa Paramount Chief to the daughter of the Pondo Paramount …

… language was isiXhosa as he was principally raised amongst Xhosa people. Sparks studied at Queen’s College in Queenstown …

… His grandfather was an Italian immigrant who married a Xhosa or Khoisan woman from the Cape. His grandfather then …

… the then-Transkei (now Eastern Cape), into a distinguished Xhosa family. He was the fourth son of Janet Burnside Soga , … his ability to speak isiXhosa enabled him to convince Xhosa farmers to cull their herds for the purpose of controlling the disease. Xhosa farmers had extremely large herds and although they …

… Hintsa, chief of the Xhosa, is shot, while allegedly trying to escape from the …

… King Hintsa ka Phalo of the Xhosa nation is killed by British troops.   The dates 12 …

… recognised in Pretoria. He learned English, Afrikaans and Xhosa in order to communicate better with his customers. Two …

… bass voice was enunciating his final message in Xhosa to the world he was leaving. In a voice charged with … ringing out loud and clear, sent his final message in Xhosa to the world he was leaving. Charged with emotion, but …

… medicine, divination and counselling in traditional Zulu , Xhosa , Ndebele and Swazi (Nguni) societies of Southern … divination and counselling in traditional Nguni (Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele and Swazi) societies of Southern Africa. …

… whose prophecies led directly to the subjugation of the Xhosa by the British settlers. Seen in this context the …

… newspaper. In 1881 he became editor of the Isigidimi Sama Xhosa, which was printed and published at Lovedale …

… pride her maternal-great grandfather, Ryk Booi Pieterse, a Xhosa Pramberg herder “rich in cattle”. However, he was … Endnotes [i] Anderson, E (1987) A History of the Xhosa of the Northern Cape, 1795 – 1879, UCT Communications …

… he was co-editor with L.T. Mvabaza* of the English / Xhosa weekly newspaper Umlomo wa Bantu (mouthpiece of the …

… village called Cala in the Eastern Cape. The wall murals Xhosa women painted captivated Sihlali, who tried to imitate …

… sought to restrict the University of Fort Hare to Xhosa speaking Africans and was to bring the university under …

… important to state that they are not a sub-section of the Xhosa people as many scholars have often incorrectly referred to the as one of the smaller sub-sections of Xhosa people. King Faku was the son of King Ngqungqushe one …

… in 1947. Sobukwe registered for a BA majoring in English, Xhosa and Native Administration. His keen interest in … his Honours dissertation at Wits entitled “A collection of Xhosa Riddles”. Politically, Sobukwe was strongly Africanist, …

… narrative tradition is interwoven with elements of the Xhosa Intsomi Theatre, with magical realism and the European … , published in 2000, looks at the colonial past. The Xhosa were led to believe that their ancestral spirits …