Thembu people

E51206
Bantu people ethnic group

The Thembu people are a Xhosa-speaking ethnic group from South Africa’s Eastern Cape region, historically ruled by a royal lineage that includes figures such as Nelson Mandela.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form As subject As object
Thembu royal family 0 2
Thembu polity 0 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people →
ethnic group →
agriculturalCrops beans →
maize →
sorghum →
associatedRiver Notwane River →
surface form: Mbashe River

Mthatha River →
clanSystem Xhosa clan system →
colonialInteraction British Empire →
Cape Colony →
continent Africa →
country South Africa →
culturalPractice imbongi praise poetry →
lobola →
ulwaluko →
ethnicLanguage Xhosa →
surface form: Xhosa language
ethnolinguisticGroup Nguni people →
surface form: Nguni peoples
historicalTerritory Thembuland →
homelandEraTerritory Transkei →
incorporatedInto South Africa →
surface form: Republic of South Africa

Dominion of South Africa →
surface form: Union of South Africa
languageBranch Bantu languages →
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages →
languageGroup Nguni languages →
languageSubbranch Southern Bantu languages →
musicTradition Xhosa traditional music →
notablePerson Sabata Dalindyebo →
surface form: Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo

Nelson Mandela →
Sabata Dalindyebo →
notableRoyalLineageMember Justice Mandela →
Kekewich Mandela →
Nelson Mandela →
oralTradition folktales →
proverbs →
primaryCountryOfResidence South Africa →
provinceOfResidence Eastern Cape →
region Eastern Cape →
religion Christianity →
socialStructure chiefdoms →
clans →
subgroupOf Xhosa people →
traditionalCapital Bumbane Great Place →
traditionalEconomy cattle herding →
subsistence agriculture →
traditionalHousing rondavel →
traditionalLawSystem Xhosa customary law →
traditionalReligion African traditional religion →
traditionalRulers Thembu people self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Thembu royal family
traditionalTitleOfMonarch King of the AbaThembu →

Referenced by (5)

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

Mvezo → ethnicGroup → Thembu people →
Xhosa polities → includes → Thembu people →
this entity surface form: Thembu polity
Nelson Mandela → memberOf → Thembu people →
Zenani Mandela-Dlamini → memberOf → Thembu people →
this entity surface form: Thembu royal family
Thembu people → traditionalRulers → Thembu people self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Thembu royal family