In South Africa's Eastern Cape frontier zone, a millenarian movement known as the Xhosa Cattle-Killing (1856–1857) devastated local populations and stunned observers. How could the messages of its prophetess, Nongqawuse, and the exhortations of her uncle, Mhlakaza, lead to the slaughter of...
The people in ancient South Africa lived in extended families of less than one hundred and villages of between 500 and 1000 people. These made them live in small chiefdoms with leaders who settled disputes among themselves. The people of ancient South Africa were San, Xhosa, Zulu, Venda, Kala...
1918, into a royal family of the Xhosa‑speaking Thembu tribe in the South African village of Mvezo, where his father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa (c. 1880‑1928), served as chief. His mother, Nosekeni Fanny, was the third of Mphakanyiswa’s four wives, who together bore him […]...
is the first of its kind on the history of the Ngqushwa region, part of the Amathole district of the Eastern Cape. It covers the history of the Xhosa from pre-colonial days up to 1994 and has many photos, paintings and images of the people, the Xhosa and the towns of Peddie and H...
In South Africa, for instance, all our advertising had to appear in not one, but three languages – English, Zulu and Xhosa. In the UK, we needed to replace ’s blue tin with plastic packaging when we realized that British people associated the aluminum tins with shoe polish. In cold co...
A history of Zulu beadwork, 1890--1997: Its types, forms and functions (South Africa).Beadworking is an important art form both historically and contemporarily for the Zulu people of South Africa. While being an expression of Zulu ... Boram-Hays, Carol S. - The Ohio State University. 被...
The southernmost point of Africa is Cape Agulhas, located in the Western Cape Province about 100 mi (161 km) southeast of the Cape of Good Hope. Government Republic. History The San people were the first settlers; the Khoikhoi and Bantu-speaking tribes followed. The Dutch East India Company...
In 1862 the British arrived in South Africa demanding control of all of the land. One of the most famous tribes who rebelled was the Xhosa. They fought a total of nine wars, but the streak came to an end when they were finally defeated in 1878. Valuable resources such as diamonds were...
English is the second official language, dating back to 1868 when Lesotho was placed under the British for protection against South African aggression. Zulu and Xhosa are spoken by a small minority. Symbolism. The spectacular scenery of Lesotho's rugged mountains, massive gullies (called dongas...
They were also used to control Black settlement, forcing Black people to reside in places where their labor would benefit white settlers. Those laws persisted through the 20th century as South Africa became a self-governing dominion of the United Kingdom. Between 1899 and 1902, Britain and ...