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.

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Hlubi people canonical 1

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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 Voortrekkers
surface form: Boer settlers

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 Hlubi
surface form: amaHlubi
speak Hlubi language
isiHlubi
traditionalEconomy agriculture
cattle herding
traditionalHousing homestead
rondavel
traditionalLawSystem customary law
traditionalLeadershipTitle chief
inkosi
traditionalSocialOrganization chieftaincy

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Zulu people relatedEthnicGroup Hlubi people