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IsiXhosa. Country. KwaXhosa. The Xhosa people, or Xhosa -speaking people (/ ˈkɔːsə / KAW-sə, / ˈkoʊsə / KOH-sə; [2][3][4] Xhosa pronunciation: [kǁʰɔ́ːsa] ⓘ) are a Bantu ethnic group native to South Africa. They are the second largest ethnic group in South Africa and are native speakers of the isiXhosa language.
Zulu is the most widely spoken language in South Africa, where it is an official language. More than half of the South African population can understand it, with over 13.78 million first-language and over 15 million second-language speakers. [11] Many Zulu people also speak Xitsonga, Sesotho and others from among South Africa's 12 official ...
List of current constituent African monarchs; List of people from the Eastern Cape; List of South African office-holders; List of South Africans; List of Southern Ndebele people; List of State leaders in the 20th century (1951–2000) List of leaders of the TBVC states; List of Zulu people; Xhosa clan names; Xhosa language; Xhosa language ...
Archie Gumede, lawyer, politician, activist. Josiah Tshangana Gumede, politician and father of Archie Gumede. Zandile Gumede, former Mayor of Durban. Harry Gwala, ANC and communist activist. Nkululeko Gwala, political activist. Princess Constance Magogo Sibilile Mantithi Ngangezinye kaDinuzulu, Zulu princess, ethnomusicologist and composer.
Each son broke away from the Bakgatla tribe to form their own group: Pedi (Bapedi), the Kholokoe, Batlôkwa, Maphuthing, and Basia, respectively. The Kholokoe tribe has linguistic and cultural characteristics that distinguish them from other Bantu speakers of southern Africa. Their language shows a merger of South Sotho and Nguni languages.
Khoekhoe (/ˈkɔɪkɔɪ/ KOY-koy) (or Khoikhoi in former orthography) [a] are the traditionally nomadic pastoralist indigenous population of South Africa. They are often grouped with the hunter-gatherer San (literally "Foragers") peoples. [2] The designation "Khoekhoe" is actually a kare or praise address, not an ethnic endonym, but it has been ...
Nguni peopleAmaNguni. The Nguni people are a linguistic cultural group of Bantu cattle herders who migrated from central Africa into Southern Africa, made up of ethnic groups formed from iron age and proto-agrarians, with offshoots in neighboring colonially-created countries in Southern Africa. Swazi (or Swati) people live in both South Africa ...
1981–2004. Labels. CCP. Formerly of. Brenda and the Big Dudes. Brenda Nokuzola Fassie[2] (3 November 1964 – 9 May 2004) [3] was a South African singer, songwriter, dancer and activist. [4] Affectionately called MaBrrr by her fans, she is also known as the "Queen of African Pop", the " Madonna of The Townships" or simply as The Black Madonna.