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    Wikipedia is a free multilingual open-source wiki-based online encyclopedia edited and maintained by a community of volunteer editors, started on 15 January...
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    Xhosa (/ˈkɔːsə/ KAW-sə, /ˈkoʊsə/ KOH-sə; Xhosa pronunciation: [kǁʰóːsa]), formerly spelled Xosa and also known by its local name isiXhosa, is a Nguni...
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    The Xhosa people, or Xhosa-speaking people (/ˈkɔːsə/ KAW-sə, /ˈkoʊsə/ KOH-sə; Xhosa pronunciation: [kǁʰɔ́ːsa] ) are a Bantu ethnic group native to South...
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    Xhosa, both of which are Nguni languages, it is possible for articles in the Zulu edition to be easily translated into Xhosa for the Xhosa Wikipedia....
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    The Xhosa Wars (also known as the Cape Frontier Wars or the Kaffir Wars) were a series of nine wars (from 1779 to 1879) between the Xhosa Kingdom and...
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    Wikipedia was created alongside the Serbian, Kannada, Walloon, Wolof, and Xhosa Wikipedias. The oldest article is "Psihologija", which was published on 6 June...
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  • Xhosa literature is the spoken and written literature of the Xhosa people of Southern Africa. The Xhosa language is spoken in South Africa and Zimbabwe...
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    Nguni people (category Wikipedia articles needing clarification from April 2021)
    AmaMpondo, AmaXhosa, and AmaMpondomise) in the 5th century AD. The Xhosa trace their name back to the Khoikhoi, as the Khoi named them Xhosa, signifying...
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    Umngqusho (category Xhosa people)
    served with hard body chicken which is called umleqwa in isiXhosa. Traditionally a Xhosa staple meal, it has been adopted by other tribes in South Africa...
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    Fengu people (category Xhosa people)
    The amaMfengu (in the Xhosa language Mfengu, plural amafengu) were a group of Xhosa clans whose ancestors were refugees that fled from the Mfecane in...
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    Maqoma (category Xhosa people)
    September 1873) was a Xhosa chief and a commander of the Xhosa forces during the Cape Frontier Wars. Born in the Right Hand House of the Xhosa Kingdom, he was...
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  • Marginella xhosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails. Marginella xhosa Liltved & Millard...
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    Bantu peoples of South Africa (category Articles containing Xhosa-language text)
    the return of the Xhosa territories did not dissipate Xhosa frustration toward the inability to provide for themselves, hence the Xhosa resorted to frontier...
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    Eighth Xhosa War was a war between the British Empire and Xhosa as well as Khoikhoi forces, between 1850 and 1853. It was the eighth of nine Xhosa Wars...
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    Ciskei (category Articles containing Xhosa-language text)
    river] Kei), officially the Republic of Ciskei (Xhosa: iRiphabliki yeCiskei), was a Bantustan for the Xhosa people, located in the southeast of South Africa...
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    Bantu peoples (category All Wikipedia articles needing clarification)
    2019[update]), the Xhosa people of Southern Africa (9.6 million as of 2011), and the Pedi of South Africa (7 million as of 2018). Abantu is the Xhosa and Zulu word...
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    although it was modelled on a Xhosa grammar. The first grammar of Tswana which regarded it as a separate language from Xhosa (but still not as a separate...
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  • Umqombothi (song) (category Pages with Xhosa IPA)
    "Umqombothi" ("African Beer"; Xhosa pronunciation: [um̩k͡ǃomboːtʰi]) is a song performed by South African singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka. It was composed by...
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  • Kanye /ˈkɑːnjeɪ/ is a Yoruba, Igbo, Swahili, Zulu and Xhosa name. In Yoruba culture, the name means "next in line". In Igbo culture, the name means "let's...
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  • King Vulikhaya kaXolilizwe (Ahlangene Cyprian Sigcawu) is the King of Xhosa people. He was born in 1970 in Nqadu Great Place in Willowvale by King Xolilizwe...
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    National anthem of South Africa (category Articles containing Xhosa-language text)
    adopted in 1997 and is a hybrid song combining extracts of the 19th century Xhosa hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" (English: "God Bless Africa", lit. '"Lord...
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    Khoisan (category Wikipedia articles needing page number citations from June 2023)
    groups is evidenced by prevalence of click phonemes in many especially Xhosa Southern African Bantu languages. Many Khoesān peoples are the descendants...
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    Swazi language (category All Wikipedia articles written in South African English)
    official term is "siSwati" among native speakers; in English, Zulu, Ndebele or Xhosa it may be referred to as Swazi. Siswati is most closely related to the other...
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  • Oupa Gqozo (category Pages with Xhosa IPA)
    Joshua Oupa Gqozo (Xhosa pronunciation: [ɔupʼa ᶢǃʱɔz̤ɔ]; born 10 March 1952) was the military ruler of the former homeland of Ciskei in South Africa....
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  • I'solezwe lesiXhosa is a Xhosa language newspaper launched in 2015. I'solezwe lesiXhosa became the country's only Xhosa newspaper when it was published...
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  • Indaba (category Pages with Xhosa IPA)
    indaba (/ɪnˈdɑːbə/; Xhosa pronunciation: [íⁿd̥a̤ːɓa]) is an important conference held by the izinDuna (principal men) of the Zulu and Xhosa peoples of South...
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    Makhanda, South Africa (category All Wikipedia articles written in South African English)
    Makhanda in memory of Xhosa warrior and prophet Makhanda ka Nxele. Makhanda was founded as Grahamstown in 1812 after the Fourth Xhosa War as a military outpost...
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    is a list of notable and famous South Africans who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles. Shulamith Behr, art historian (1946–2023) Estian Calitz, academic...
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    AmaMpondomise (category Xhosa)
    The Mpondomise people, also called Ama-Mpondomise, are a Xhosa-speaking people. Their traditional homeland has been in the contemporary era Eastern Cape...
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  • Heritage Day (South Africa) (category Articles containing Xhosa-language text)
    Heritage Day (Afrikaans: Erfenisdag; Xhosa: Usuku Lwamagugu, Usuku lokugubha amasiko) is a South African public holiday celebrated on 24 September. On...
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