Nongqawuse
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Born | Kentani |
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South Africa | |
Died | Alexandria |
South Africa | |
1898 | |
Alexandria | |
South Africa | |
Known for | Xhosa cattle-killing movement and famine of 1856-7 |
Xhosa cattle-killing movement and famine of 1856–1857 | |
Books | The Dead Will Arise: Nongqawuse and the Great Xhosa Cattle-killing Movement of 1856-7 |
Bulletproof: Afterlives of Anticolonial Prophecy in South Africa and Beyond | |
Nongqawuse's Prophecy | |
Date of birth | January 1,1841 |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1332908 |
Nongqawuse Life story
Nongqawuse was the Xhosa prophet whose prophecies led to a millenarian movement that culminated in the Xhosa cattle-killing movement and famine of 1856–1857, in what is now Eastern Cape, South Africa.