Xhosa polities

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Xhosa polities were a group of related, chiefly-led African societies in southeastern South Africa, known for their complex social structures, shared Xhosa language and culture, and resistance to colonial expansion.

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Generate an image of Xhosa polities (Xhosa polities were a group of related, chiefly-led African societies in southeastern South Africa, known for their complex social structures, shared Xhosa language and culture, and resistance to colonial expansion.)

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Xhosa polities canonical 2
Mpondomise polity 1
Ndlambe polity 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nguni-speaking societies ⓘ
chiefdoms ⓘ
precolonial African polities ⓘ
affectedBy colonial land dispossession ⓘ
missionary activity ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
culturalPractice ancestor veneration ⓘ
divination ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
praise poetry (izibongo) ⓘ
economy cattle herding ⓘ
mixed farming ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
encountered British settlers ⓘ
Dutch settlers ⓘ
engagedIn cattle raiding ⓘ
regional trade ⓘ
ethnicGroup Xhosa people ⓘ
governedBy hereditary chiefs ⓘ
hasSocialStructure age-grade system ⓘ
clan-based organization ⓘ
segmentary lineage system ⓘ
includes Bhaca polity ⓘ
Gcaleka polity ⓘ
Mpondo polity ⓘ
Mpondomise polity ⓘ
linked to: Xhosa polities

Ndlambe polity ⓘ
linked to: Xhosa polities

Rharhabe polity ⓘ
linked to: Gcaleka polity

Thembu polity ⓘ
linked to: Thembu people
involvedIn Frontier Wars ⓘ
Xhosa Wars ⓘ
language Xhosa language ⓘ
linked to: Xhosa
legalSystem customary law ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Cape region ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Cape

southeastern South Africa ⓘ
partOf Nguni cultural area ⓘ
politicalStructure alliances of related lineages ⓘ
decentralized chiefdoms ⓘ
religion indigenous Xhosa religion ⓘ
resisted British colonial expansion ⓘ
Cape Colony expansion ⓘ
sharesCultureWith Xhosa people ⓘ
socialOrganization clans (iziduko) ⓘ
extended families (izindlu) ⓘ
succession patrilineal inheritance ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
precolonial era ⓘ
used bridewealth (lobola) ⓘ
cattle as a measure of wealth ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cape Colony → borderConflictWith → Xhosa polities ⓘ
Xhosa polities → includes → Mpondomise polity ⓘ
linked to: Xhosa polities
Xhosa polities → includes → Ndlambe polity ⓘ
linked to: Xhosa polities