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| − | The '''Xhosa''' people are a people with [[Bantu]] origins living in [[South Africa]].
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| − | |group=Xhosas
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| − | |image=[[Image:Mandelaza.jpg]]
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| − | [[Nelson Mandela]] is a famous member of this ethnic group
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| − | |poptime=2001: '''7.9 million''' est. <sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>
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| − | |popplace=[[Eastern Cape Province|Eastern Cape]]: '''5.4 million''',
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| − | [[Western Cape Province|Western Cape]]: '''1.1 million''',
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| − | [[Gauteng Province|Gauteng]]: '''0.7 million''',
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| − | [[Free State Province|Free State]]: '''0.25 million''',
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| − | [[Kwazulu-Natal Province|Kwazulu-Natal]]: '''0.22 million'''
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| − | (2001 est. <sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>)
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| − | |langs=[[Xhosa language|Xhosa]], many also speak [[English language|English]] or [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]].
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| − | |rels=[[Animist]],[[Christian]]
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| − | |related=[[Bantu]], [[Nguni]], [[Basotho]], [[Zulu]], [[Khoisan]]
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| − | == History of the Xhosa ==
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| − | 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 [[Khoi]] and [[Griqua]] populations, with a consequent impact on the language and geneology of the Xhosa people.
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| − | 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.
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| − | 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]]).
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| − | The "Xh" in the word "Xhosa" is a [[click consonant]].
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| − | == Famous Xhosa People ==
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| − | [[Nelson Mandela]] is Xhosa, and they provide a significant portion of the [[African National Congress]] leadership.
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| − | [[Stephen Biko]]
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| − | [[Thabo Mbeki]]
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| − | ==References==
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| − | *[http://www.southafrica.info/ess_info/sa_glance/demographics/census-main.htm Results of the 2001 South African census]
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| − | ::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.
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| − | == External Links ==
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| − | * [http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/xft/ Xhosa Folklore] - a collection of Xhosa folklore collected in 1886.
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| − | [[Category:South Africa]] [[Category:Ethnic groups of Africa]]
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| − | [[de:Xhosa]]
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| − | [[it:Xhosa]]
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| − | [[nl:Xhosa]]
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