Hlubi people

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The Hlubi people are a Southern African ethnic group closely associated with the Nguni cultural and linguistic cluster, historically known for their chieftaincies and interactions with neighboring groups such as the Zulu.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hlubi people canonical 6
Hlubi people of Free State 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nguni people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
arePartOf Black South Africans ⓘ
bridewealthTerm lobola ⓘ
colonialEraStatus subject people under British rule ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
culturalCluster Nguni cultural cluster ⓘ
culturalHeritage oral tradition ⓘ
praise poetry ⓘ
culturalPractice bridewealth ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
dressTradition Nguni-style beadwork ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Nguni ⓘ
ethnonym Hlubi ⓘ
experienced forced removals ⓘ
land dispossession ⓘ
haveSubgroup amaHlubi of Eastern Cape ⓘ
amaHlubi of KwaZulu-Natal ⓘ
historicalInteractionWith Boer settlers ⓘ
linked to: Voortrekkers

British colonial authorities ⓘ
Xhosa people ⓘ
Zulu people ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
linguisticCluster Nguni languages ⓘ
musicTradition drumming ⓘ
traditional singing ⓘ
partOfHistory colonial South African history ⓘ
precolonial South African history ⓘ
practice ancestor veneration ⓘ
region Southern Africa ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Ndebele people ⓘ
Swazi people ⓘ
Xhosa people ⓘ
Zulu people ⓘ
religion African traditional religion ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
selfDesignation amaHlubi ⓘ
linked to: Hlubi
speak Hlubi language ⓘ
isiHlubi ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
cattle herding ⓘ
traditionalHousing homestead ⓘ
rondavel ⓘ
traditionalLawSystem customary law ⓘ
traditionalLeadershipTitle chief ⓘ
inkosi ⓘ
traditionalSocialOrganization chieftaincy ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Zulu people → relatedEthnicGroup → Hlubi people ⓘ
Difaqane → involves → Hlubi people ⓘ
Hlubi language → spokenBy → Hlubi people ⓘ
Hlubi language → hasEthnicGroup → Hlubi people ⓘ
amaHlubi of KwaZulu-Natal → partOf → Hlubi people ⓘ
amaHlubi of Eastern Cape → partOf → Hlubi people ⓘ
amaHlubi of Eastern Cape → sharesAncestryWith → Hlubi people of Free State ⓘ
linked to: Hlubi people