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PlaceCoffee Bay, Wild Coast
… than wind or the surf, that has eroded the hole. "However, Xhosa mythology tells a far more romantic tale of the sea … this hole spilled the sea people who…
PlaceElliot, Thembuland
… had a population of: 902 people. Of these people most are Xhosa . …
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…
PlaceCofimvaba, Eastern Cape
… a more accessible location. It derives its name from the Xhosa words "cofa", meaning to froth, and "mvaba", a goatskin …
EventBenjamin Tyamzashe dies in East London
… On 4 June 1978, Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe, Xhosa composer, choir conductor and organist, dies in East …
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 …
PlaceGlen Grey Division
… are grown. Over 96% of the inhabitants are of the Zulu-Xhosa race, and a considerable part of the district was … communal) land tenure, and created a labour…
EventThe Ciskei homeland is established
… and the Transkei were two designated "states" for the Xhosa speaking people in the Eastern Cape. In 1981 it was …
EventArchibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan is born
… The Xhosa writer and linguist, Archibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, …
PlaceChintsa
… hideaway for travellers of all ages. Chintsa is a Xhosa word meaning: “river of crumbling banks” , and it is … will discover that learning the different…
PlaceCiskei
… Cape was created as an enclave for the South Africa's Xhosa -speaking people as part of apartheid racial … This coincided with stronger efforts to forcibly…
PlaceThembuland
… region of the Thembu people, one of the sub-groups of the Xhosa nation. It was formerly also known as "Tamboekieland" … assimilated to a large degree with…
PlaceAlicedale a Village in Albany District
… wife of the engineer who constructed the railway. Its Xhosa name is: 'EQora' Alicedale is a Railway Junction, on …
EventMgqwetho,the first poem of Nontisi is published
… her clan name, Cizama. She is the sole significant female Xhosa poet up to now and her work is only now being …
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…
Ikwezi
… Ikwezi, a Xhosa word meaning "rising star", was a Marxist-Leninist …
PlaceTylden, Eastern Cape
… The Eastern Cape also remains the traditional home of the Xhosa people. The diverse landscape provides a dizzying array …
EventSebe seeks International Court of Justice to mediate in the ‘Kei dispute
… originally created these Bantustan 'homelands' for Xhosa-speaking people based on racist and ethnic division of …
EventPresident Nelson Mandela awards the Gold Order of Meritorious Service posthumously to Enoch Sontonga, composer of “Nkosi, Sekel
… was initially meant to be a school anthem. A well-known Xhosa poetSamuel Mqhayi wrote seven additional stanzas for …
EventNico Basson says that SADF had supplied weapons and covert assistance to IFP in order to weaken the ANC
… decided to foster ethnic conflict, especially between Xhosa and Zulu people, as they were the largest ethnic groups …
EventWorkers embark on strike action
… Sixty-one Xhosa-speaking workers, under the leadership of their Headman …
PlaceTembisa Township, Midrand
… Midrand and Germiston . The name Tembisa comes from the Xhosa word ‘tembisa’ meaning ‘promise’. It came about, when …
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 - …
PlaceMqanduli
… with an elevation of 752m. Named after a nearby Hill; of Xhosa origin, the name is said to mean 'grindstone-maker', …
PlaceAthlone - or Cape Flats, Cape Town
… settlement and forced government relocations. Since many Xhosa people of the region—including people born and raised … by apartheid; most residents of…