Xhosa Cattle-Killing Movement

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Xhosa_Cattle-Killing_Movement
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Great_Cattle_Killing
gptkb:Xhosa_Cattle-Killing
gptkbp:cause gptkb:prophecy
gptkbp:coreBelief British settlers would be driven away
dead ancestors would return
new era of prosperity would begin
gptkbp:country gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:describedBy gptkb:historical_documents
gptkb:oral_tradition
academic studies
gptkbp:endDate 1857
gptkbp:estimatedCattleKilled 400,000
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Xhosa Cattle-Killing Movement
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Mhlakaza
gptkb:Nongqawuse
gptkbp:location gptkb:Eastern_Cape
gptkbp:notableFor mass destruction of cattle
mass destruction of crops
gptkbp:participants gptkb:Xhosa_people
gptkbp:prophet gptkb:Nongqawuse
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:British_Empire
gptkb:colonialism
gptkb:Cape_Colony
gptkb:millenarian_movement
gptkbp:result gptkb:dam
social upheaval
death of thousands
gptkbp:significance impact on British colonial policy
major event in Xhosa history
gptkbp:startDate 1856
gptkbp:victim 40,000
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cattle-Killing_Movement_(1856–1857)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7