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2005-06-24T23:25:06Z

70.92.23.88: /* Famous Xhosa People */

The '''Xhosa''' people are a people with [[Bantu]] origins living in [[South Africa]].

{{ethnic group|
|group=Xhosas
|image=[[Image:Mandelaza.jpg]]
[[Nelson Mandela]] is a famous member of this ethnic group
|poptime=2001: '''7.9 million''' est. [[#References|1]]
|popplace=[[Eastern Cape Province|Eastern Cape]]: '''5.4 million''',
[[Western Cape Province|Western Cape]]: '''1.1 million''',
[[Gauteng Province|Gauteng]]: '''0.7 million''',
[[Free State Province|Free State]]: '''0.25 million''',
[[Kwazulu-Natal Province|Kwazulu-Natal]]: '''0.22 million'''
(2001 est. [[#References|1]])
|langs=[[Xhosa language|Xhosa]], many also speak [[English language|English]] or [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]].
|rels=[[Animist]],[[Christian]]
|related=[[Bantu]], [[Nguni]], [[Basotho]], [[Zulu]], [[Khoisan]]
}}

== History of the Xhosa ==
The name supposedly refers to one of their legendary chieftains of old. They refer to themselves as the '''amaXhosa''' and their language as [[Xhosa language|isiXhosa]] — another prefix-oriented [[Bantu]] language. As their Bantu-speaking ancestors moved south, they may have absorbed some local [[Khoisan]] and [[Griqua]] populations, with a consequent impact on the language.

Although they are distributed across the country, they are concentrated in the [[Eastern Cape Province]] of South Africa. Under the pre-1994 South African system of [[bantustan]]s, they were allocated to [[Transkei]] or [[Ciskei]], now both a part of Eastern Cape.

Historically they were pushed west by expansion of the [[Zulu]]s, as the northern [[Nguni]] put pressure on the southern Nguni, a process known as the [[Mfecane]]. Their ability to resist the British colonisers was weakened by the [[famine]]s and political divisions that followed in the wake of the Cattle-Killing of [[1856]]–[[1857]] (see [[Nongqawuse]]).

The "Xh" in the word "Xhosa" is a [[click consonant]].

== Famous Xhosa People ==
[[Nelson Mandela]] is Xhosa, and they provide a significant portion of the [[African National Congress]] leadership.

[[Stephen Biko]]

[[Thabo Mbeki]]

==References==
*[http://www.southafrica.info/ess_info/sa_glance/demographics/census-main.htm Results of the 2001 South African census]
::Note that the figure mentioned on this page is based upon the number of people speaking [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]] as their home language, which may be greater or less than the total number of people claiming Xhosa descent.

== External Links ==
* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/xft/ Xhosa Folklore] - a collection of Xhosa folklore collected in 1886.

[[Category:South Africa]] [[Category:Ethnic groups of Africa]]

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AY Honors/African Lore/Answer Key

2005-06-24T23:24:28Z

70.92.23.88: /* Famous Xhosa People */

The '''Xhosa''' people are a people with [[Bantu]] origins living in [[South Africa]].

{{ethnic group|
|group=Xhosas
|image=[[Image:Mandelaza.jpg]]
[[Nelson Mandela]] is a famous member of this ethnic group
|poptime=2001: '''7.9 million''' est. [[#References|1]]
|popplace=[[Eastern Cape Province|Eastern Cape]]: '''5.4 million''',
[[Western Cape Province|Western Cape]]: '''1.1 million''',
[[Gauteng Province|Gauteng]]: '''0.7 million''',
[[Free State Province|Free State]]: '''0.25 million''',
[[Kwazulu-Natal Province|Kwazulu-Natal]]: '''0.22 million'''
(2001 est. [[#References|1]])
|langs=[[Xhosa language|Xhosa]], many also speak [[English language|English]] or [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]].
|rels=[[Animist]],[[Christian]]
|related=[[Bantu]], [[Nguni]], [[Basotho]], [[Zulu]], [[Khoisan]]
}}

== History of the Xhosa ==
The name supposedly refers to one of their legendary chieftains of old. They refer to themselves as the '''amaXhosa''' and their language as [[Xhosa language|isiXhosa]] — another prefix-oriented [[Bantu]] language. As their Bantu-speaking ancestors moved south, they may have absorbed some local [[Khoisan]] and [[Griqua]] populations, with a consequent impact on the language.

Although they are distributed across the country, they are concentrated in the [[Eastern Cape Province]] of South Africa. Under the pre-1994 South African system of [[bantustan]]s, they were allocated to [[Transkei]] or [[Ciskei]], now both a part of Eastern Cape.

Historically they were pushed west by expansion of the [[Zulu]]s, as the northern [[Nguni]] put pressure on the southern Nguni, a process known as the [[Mfecane]]. Their ability to resist the British colonisers was weakened by the [[famine]]s and political divisions that followed in the wake of the Cattle-Killing of [[1856]]–[[1857]] (see [[Nongqawuse]]).

The "Xh" in the word "Xhosa" is a [[click consonant]].

== Famous Xhosa People ==
[[Nelson Mandela]] is Xhosa, and they provide a significant portion of the [[African National Congress]] leadership.
[[Stephen Biko]]
[[Thabo Mbeki]]

==References==
*[http://www.southafrica.info/ess_info/sa_glance/demographics/census-main.htm Results of the 2001 South African census]
::Note that the figure mentioned on this page is based upon the number of people speaking [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]] as their home language, which may be greater or less than the total number of people claiming Xhosa descent.

== External Links ==
* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/xft/ Xhosa Folklore] - a collection of Xhosa folklore collected in 1886.

[[Category:South Africa]] [[Category:Ethnic groups of Africa]]

[[de:Xhosa]]
[[it:Xhosa]]
[[nl:Xhosa]]
[[pt:Xhosa]]