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King Vulikhaya ka-Xolilizwe (Ahlangene Cyprian Sigcawu) is the King of Xhosa people. [1] He was born in 1970 in Nqadu Great Place in Willowvale by King Xolilizwe Sigcawu and Queen Nogaweni. He took over as the King in 2020 after the death of caretaker Xhosa King INkosi Nongudle Dumehleli Mapasa who took over following the death of his brother ...
The royal house of AmaTshawe is the oldest royal family in South Africa.They trace their ancestry back to Xhosa, a mythical figure who led the Nguni clans to near the Mzimkulu river, conquering and displacing the local Khoi clans resident.The first rulers of a unified Xhosa federation were the amaTshawe clan who conquered neighbouring Nguni chiefdoms to form the first Xhosa Federation.
King Xolilizwe Ka-Zwelidumile (Mzikayise Sigcawu; 6 June 1926 – 31 December 2005) was the King of the Xhosa people [1] from 10 April 1965 to 31 December 2005. King Xolilizwe was an active member of the National House of Traditional Leaders of South Africa. He was the oldest son of King Bungeni Zwelidumile Sigcawu.
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 Xhosa, the junior branch as the Right Hand House of King Phalo kaTshiwo. King Ahlangene Sigcawu Aa! Vulikhaya!, King of all amaXhosa and leader of amaGcaleka, Nqadu Great Place, Willowvale
King Maxhoba Sandile, Aa! Zanesizwe! - King of the Rharhabe sub-group of the Xhosa nation in Mngqesha Great Palace, King William's Town. King Zwelonke Sigcawu, Aa! Zwelonke! - King of the Xhosa nation in Nqadu Great Palace, Willowvale. King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo, Aa! Zwelibanzi! - King of the abaThembu in Bumbane Great Place, Mthatha.
Hintsa is the 9th descendant of King Tshawe and is also a direct descendant of King Xhosa, the historical son of Mnguni who is known among the Ngunis as a skilled warrior but also aggressive. Hintsa had four known sons, Sarili ka Hintsa ( 1810 ) from his first wife Nomsa kaGambushe Tshezi and Ncaphayi ka Hintsa, Manxiwa ka Hintsa and Lindinyura ...
This is a list of the paramounts of the Xhosa of the Eastern Cape province in modern South Africa. King Ngconde KaTogu (Reigned-From:1648 Till 1681) King Tshiwo KaNgconde (Reigned-From:1681 Till 1702) Regency-King Mdange KaNgconde (Held-Power-From:1702 Till 1728) King Phalo KaTshiwo (Reigned-From:1728 Till 1755) Chief Rarabe kaPhalo
Ntsikana's first contact with Christianity coincided with his customary Xhosa initiation in 1800. In 1799, Johannes van der Kemp, a missionary of the London Missionary Society, arrived among the western amaXhosa and was permitted to set up his camp near to Ngqika’s Great Place. Van der Kemp soon became an attraction both for the king and his ...