Gqunukhwebe, the Glossary
AmaGqunukhwebe is a chiefdom of the Xhosa Nation that was created under the reign of King Tshiwo (1670–1702) of AmaXhosa, who was a grandfather to Gcaleka and Rharhabe.[1]
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11 relations: Buffalo River (Eastern Cape), Centurion, South Africa, Fengu people, Gcaleka, Gonaqua, Great Fish River, Keiskamma River, Khoekhoe, Rharhabe, Xhosa people, Xhosa Wars.
- Sub-ethnic groups
Buffalo River (Eastern Cape)
The Buffalo River is situated in the city of East London on the East Coast of South Africa.
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Centurion, South Africa
Centurion (previously known as Verwoerdburg and before that Lyttelton) is an area with 236,580 inhabitants (2011 census) in the Gauteng Province of South Africa, between Pretoria and Midrand.
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Fengu 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 the early-mid 19th century to seek land and protection from the Xhosa. Gqunukhwebe and Fengu people are Xhosa people.
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Gcaleka
The Gcaleka House is the Great house of the Xhosa Kingdom in what is now the Eastern Cape. Gqunukhwebe and Gcaleka are Sub-ethnic groups and Xhosa people.
Gonaqua
The Gonaqua (or Ghonaqua or Gonaguas, meaning "borderers") were a Xhosa ethnic group, descendants of a very old union between the Khoikhoi and the Xhosa.
Great Fish River
The Great Fish River (called great to distinguish it from the Namibian Fish River) (Groot-Visrivier) is a river running through the South African province of the Eastern Cape.
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Keiskamma River
The Keiskamma River (Keiskammarivier) is a river in the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa.
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Khoekhoe
Khoekhoe (/ˈkɔɪkɔɪ/ ''KOY-koy'') (or Khoikhoi in former orthography) are the traditionally nomadic pastoralist indigenous population of South Africa.
Rharhabe
The Rharhabe House is the second senior house (Right Hand House) of the Xhosa Kingdom. Gqunukhwebe and Rharhabe are Xhosa people.
Xhosa people
The Xhosa people, or Xhosa-speaking people are a Bantu ethnic group native to South Africa.
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Xhosa Wars
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 the British Empire as well as Trekboers in what is now the Eastern Cape in South Africa.
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See also
Sub-ethnic groups
- Banat Bulgarians
- Bisaya (Borneo)
- Dumpas
- Gcaleka
- Gqunukhwebe
- Jewish ethnic groups
- Kedahan Malays
- Kist people
- Konkani Muslims
- Kwijau
- Lotud
- Mangka'ak
- Maragang
- Marwari people
- Minokok
- Misimians
- Orang Sungai
- Pomaks
- Pontic Greeks
- Romani groups
- Rumanau people
- Rungus people
- Sadz
- Sino-Native
- Subgroups of the Han Chinese
- Tambanuo people
- Uromi
- Zans