amaGqika

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amaGqika are a subgroup of the Xhosa people historically centered around the leadership of Chief Ngqika and his descendants in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
amaGqika canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Xhosa subgroup ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
conflictWith Boer commandos ⓘ
linked to: Boer commando

Cape colonial forces ⓘ
culturalRegion Eastern Cape interior ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Cape
customaryLaw Xhosa customary law ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Xhosa people ⓘ
ethnonymLanguage Xhosa language ⓘ
linked to: Xhosa
followsCulture Xhosa culture ⓘ
followsReligion African traditional religion ⓘ
governedBy hereditary chiefs ⓘ
hasLanguage Xhosa language ⓘ
linked to: Xhosa
hasLeader Ngqika ka Mlawu ⓘ
hasNotableLeader Anta ka Zantsi ⓘ
Maqoma ⓘ
Ngqika ka Mlawu ⓘ
Sandile ka Ngqika ⓘ
linked to: Sandile kaNgqika
historicalCenter Eastern Cape ⓘ
historicalInteractionWith British Empire ⓘ
Cape Colony authorities ⓘ
linked to: Cape Colony
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
involvedIn Cape Frontier Wars ⓘ
linked to: Xhosa Wars

Xhosa Wars ⓘ
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Cape ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
namedAfter Ngqika ka Mlawu ⓘ
partOf Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
politicalStructure chiefdom ⓘ
practices ancestor veneration ⓘ
bridewealth customs ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
regionType frontier region of the Cape Colony ⓘ
relatedGroup amaMpondo ⓘ
amaThembu ⓘ
linked to: Thembu

amaXhosa ⓘ
linked to: Xhosa
sharesTraditionsWith amaNdlambe ⓘ
amaRharhabe ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based society ⓘ
subgroupOf Xhosa people ⓘ
traditionalEconomy cattle herding ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Amathole region ⓘ
Buffalo River region ⓘ
Keiskamma River region ⓘ
usesLanguage Xhosa language ⓘ
linked to: Xhosa

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Gaika dialect → associatedGroup → amaGqika ⓘ