amaGqika

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amaGqika are a subgroup of the Xhosa people historically centered around the leadership of Chief Ngqika and his descendants in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa.

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amaGqika canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Xhosa subgroup
ethnic group
conflictWith Boer commandos
linked to: Boer commando

Cape colonial forces
culturalRegion Eastern Cape interior
linked to: Eastern Cape
customaryLaw Xhosa customary law
ethnicGroupOf Xhosa people
ethnonymLanguage Xhosa language
linked to: Xhosa
followsCulture Xhosa culture
followsReligion African traditional religion
governedBy hereditary chiefs
hasLanguage Xhosa language
linked to: Xhosa
hasLeader Ngqika ka Mlawu
hasNotableLeader Anta ka Zantsi
Maqoma
Ngqika ka Mlawu
Sandile ka Ngqika
linked to: Sandile kaNgqika
historicalCenter Eastern Cape
historicalInteractionWith British Empire
Cape Colony authorities
linked to: Cape Colony
historicalPeriod 18th century
19th century
involvedIn Cape Frontier Wars
linked to: Xhosa Wars

Xhosa Wars
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent
locatedIn Eastern Cape
South Africa
namedAfter Ngqika ka Mlawu
partOf Nguni peoples
linked to: Nguni people
politicalStructure chiefdom
practices ancestor veneration
bridewealth customs
initiation rites
regionType frontier region of the Cape Colony
relatedGroup amaMpondo
amaThembu
linked to: Thembu

amaXhosa
linked to: Xhosa
sharesTraditionsWith amaNdlambe
amaRharhabe
socialOrganization clan-based society
subgroupOf Xhosa people
traditionalEconomy cattle herding
subsistence agriculture
traditionalTerritory Amathole region
Buffalo River region
Keiskamma River region
usesLanguage Xhosa language
linked to: Xhosa

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Gaika dialect associatedGroup amaGqika