Thembuland

E268258

Thembuland is a historical region in South Africa that served as the traditional homeland of the Thembu people, an Nguni-speaking group to which figures like Nelson Mandela belong.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Thembuland canonical 3
Gcalekaland 2
Thembu traditional territory 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
traditional homeland
associatedLanguageFamily Bantu languages
associatedWith Nelson Mandela
Nguni people
surface form: Nguni peoples
birthRegionOf Nelson Mandela
borderedBy other Xhosa chiefdoms (historically)
colonialEraStatus British sphere of influence
native reserve
colonialPower United Kingdom
country South Africa
culturalIdentity Thembu identity
culturalRegionOf Thembu culture
currentAdministrativeRegion Eastern Cape
surface form: Eastern Cape Province
ethnicGroup Xhosa people
surface form: Xhosa peoples
ethnolinguisticGroup Nguni-speaking peoples
governedBy Thembu kingdom
surface form: Thembu royal house
hasClanSystem Thembu people
surface form: Thembu clans
hasCulturalPractice Xhosa beadwork
Xhosa initiation rites
praise poetry (izibongo)
hasEthnicGroup Thembu people
hasNotablePerson Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo
Nelson Mandela
Sabata Dalindyebo
hasReligion African traditional religion
Christianity
historicalInhabitants Thembu people
historicalLanguage Thembu dialect of Xhosa
Xhosa
historicalStatus indigenous African polity
locatedIn Eastern Cape
locatedOn African continent
namedAfter Thembu people
partOf Cape Colony
surface form: Cape Colony (historically)

South Africa
surface form: Republic of South Africa

Transkei
surface form: Transkei region

Xhosa-speaking regions
preColonialPolityType chiefdom
kingdom
regionType rural region
timePeriod apartheid era
colonial era
pre-colonial era
traditionalEconomy cattle herding
subsistence agriculture
traditionalHomelandOf Thembu people
traditionalLeadershipTitle Chief
King of the AbaThembu
surface form: King of the Thembu

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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Thembuland
Description of subject: Thembuland is a historical region in South Africa that served as the traditional homeland of the Thembu people, an Nguni-speaking group to which figures like Nelson Mandela belong.

Referenced by (6)

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

Bumbane Great Place locatedIn Thembuland
Sabata Dalindyebo governed Thembuland
this entity surface form: Thembu traditional territory
Sarhili kaHintsa residence Thembuland
this entity surface form: Gcalekaland
Thembu historicalRegion Thembuland
Gcaleka royal house traditionalAuthorityOver Thembuland
this entity surface form: Gcalekaland