Xhosa people

E60221
Bantu people ethnic group

The Xhosa people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group of South Africa known for their rich oral traditions, distinctive click language, and significant role in the country’s cultural and political history.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Xhosa people canonical 75
Xhosa peoples 7
Xhosa nation 4

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
colonialOpponent British Empire ⓘ
Cape Colony ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
ethnonym Xhosa ⓘ
surface form: AmaXhosa
hasCulturalPractice initiation rites ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
praise poetry ⓘ
traditional beadwork ⓘ
hasNotablePerson Archie Mafeje ⓘ
Brenda Fassie ⓘ
Chris Hani ⓘ
Govan Mbeki ⓘ
Miriam Makeba ⓘ
Nelson Mandela ⓘ
Nontsizi Mgqwetho ⓘ
Oliver Tambo ⓘ
Steve Biko ⓘ
Thabo Mbeki ⓘ
Walter Sisulu ⓘ
Winnie Mandela ⓘ
surface form: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

Zakes Mda ⓘ
Zwelinzima Vavi ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature click consonants ⓘ
hasReligion African traditional religion ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
historicalConflict Xhosa Wars ⓘ
surface form: Cape Frontier Wars

Xhosa Wars ⓘ
historicalEvent Xhosa cattle-killing movement ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
Nguni languages ⓘ
notableClan Bhaca ⓘ
Gcaleka ⓘ
Mpondo ⓘ
Rharhabe ⓘ
Thembu ⓘ
Xesibe ⓘ
partOf Nguni people ⓘ
surface form: Nguni peoples
playsRoleIn South African literature ⓘ
South African music ⓘ
South African politics ⓘ
anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
populationCenter Cape Town ⓘ
East London ⓘ
Mthatha ⓘ
Port Elizabeth ⓘ
primaryLanguage Xhosa ⓘ
surface form: Xhosa language
recognizedAs official cultural group in South Africa ⓘ
region Eastern Cape ⓘ
Northern Cape ⓘ
Western Cape ⓘ
traditionalBelief ancestor veneration ⓘ
traditionalDress beaded garments ⓘ
blankets ⓘ
headscarves ⓘ
traditionalLeadership chiefdoms ⓘ
royal houses ⓘ
traditionalMusic isicathamiya ⓘ
uhadi bow music ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (88)

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

Xhosa polities → ethnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
Xhosa polities → sharesCultureWith → Xhosa people ⓘ
Eastern Cape → ethnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
Xhosa → spokenBy → Xhosa people ⓘ
Xhosa → ethnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
Nguni languages → areAssociatedWithEthnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
Zulu people → relatedEthnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
Rolihlahla → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
Thembu people → subgroupOf → Xhosa people ⓘ
Evelyn Ntoko Mase → ethnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
Zindzi Mandela → ethnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
Xhosa Wars → mainParticipants → Xhosa people ⓘ
Gcaleka polity → ethnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
Gcaleka polity → partOf → Xhosa people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xhosa nation
Frontier Wars → conflictBetween → Xhosa people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xhosa communities
Frontier Wars → mainBelligerent → Xhosa people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xhosa peoples
Bhaca polity → broaderEthnicContext → Xhosa people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xhosa nation
Wild Coast → hasEthnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
Wild Coast → culturalRegionOf → Xhosa people ⓘ
Trevor Thamsanqa Tutu → ethnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
Swazi people → relatedEthnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
Amathole Mountains → culturalRegionFor → Xhosa people ⓘ
Gaika dialect → associatedEthnicity → Xhosa people ⓘ
Bizana, Eastern Cape, South Africa → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
subject surface form: Bizana
Ndebele people → relatedEthnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
Madikizela → usedByEthnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
Midlands → hasEthnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
subject surface form: Midlands Province
Nguni people → ethnolinguisticGroupOf → Xhosa people ⓘ
A.B. Xuma → ethnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
Justice Mandela → ethnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
Transkei → ethnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
Thembekile Mandela → ethnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
Hlubi people → relatedEthnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
Hlubi people → historicalInteractionWith → Xhosa people ⓘ
Siya Kolisi → ethnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
Bhaca people → relatedEthnicity → Xhosa people ⓘ
Bhaca people → culturallyRelatedTo → Xhosa people ⓘ
Thembuland → ethnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xhosa peoples
Kekewich Mandela → ethnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
Zenani → ethnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
subject surface form: Zenani Mandela-Dlamini
Mandela family → ethnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
Dlamini → isUsedByEthnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
Noqaphi Nosekeni → ethnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ
Sixth Frontier War → belligerent → Xhosa people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xhosa peoples
Sixth Frontier War → opponent → Xhosa people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xhosa peoples
Thembu → subgroupOf → Xhosa people ⓘ
Mfengu → subgroupOf → Xhosa people ⓘ
Great Cattle Killing of 1856–1857 → mainSubject → Xhosa people ⓘ
Gcaleka royal house → ethnicGroupOfRule → Xhosa people ⓘ
House of Phalo → ethnicGroup → Xhosa people ⓘ