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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.
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
This is a list of notable Xhosa people This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
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
This is a list of African spirits as well as deities found within the traditional African religions. It also covers spirits as well as deities found within the African religions—which is mostly derived from traditional African religions. Additionally, prominent mythic figures including heroes and legendary creatures may also be included in ...
"Galekaland" on a map of the Transkei Cape frontier 1875-1890. The Gcaleka House is the Great house of the Xhosa Kingdom in what is now the Eastern Cape.Its royal palace is in the former Transkei and its counterpart in the former Ciskei is the Rharhabe, which is the right hand house of Phalo.
Hintsa is considered a hero in South Africa's and the Xhosa people's history. His wars, the Xhosa Kingdom and its subsequent demise laid the foundation of the formation of South Africa as a country. Knowledge of his legacy is transmitted through oral history by poems and stories and he is often compared to his great-ancestor, Tshawe kaNkosiyamntu.
Some historians argue that this early absorption into the wage economy is the ultimate origin of the long history of trade union membership and political leadership among Xhosa people. [ citation needed ] That history manifests itself today in high degrees of Xhosa representation in the leadership of the African National Congress (ANC), South ...