Nongqawuse
Sign in to saveNongqawuse (; c. 1841 – 1898) was a Xhosa prophet. Her prophecies resulted in a millenarian belief that culminated in the Xhosa cattle-killing and famine of 1856–1857, in what is now Eastern Cape, South Africa.
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- Person.name
- Nongqawuse
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- Image:Nongqawuse and Nonkosi.jpg
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- Nongqawuse (right) with fellow prophet Nonkosi
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- Nongqawuse (right) with fellow prophet Nonkosi
- Person.birth_date
- c. 1841
- Person.birth_place
- Gxarha, Cape Colony
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- 1898
- Person.death_place
- Gxarha, Cape Colony
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- Prophet
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- Xhosa cattle-killing movement and famine of 1856–1857
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- female
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- Cape Colony
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- prophet
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- date of death
- 1898-01-01
- place of detention
- Robben Island
- date of birth
- 1841-01-01
- name in kana
- ノンガウセ
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10 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Spiritual experience
- Obeying the prophecy
- Aftermath
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Nongqawuse (; c. 1841 – 1898) was a Xhosa prophet. Her prophecies resulted in a millenarian belief that culminated in the Xhosa cattle-killing and famine of 1856–1857, in what is now Eastern Cape, South Africa.
==Early life== Nongqawuse was born in 1841 near the Gxarha River in independent Xhosaland but close to the border of the recently established colony of British Kaffraria in Eastern Cape South Africa. She was Xhosa. Little is known of Nongqawuse's parents, as they died when she was young. According to historian Jeffrey B. Peires, Nongqawuse stated in a deposition that "Mhlakaza was my uncle ... my father's name Umhlanhla of the Kreli tribe. He died when I was young." Nongqawuse’s parents died during the Waterkloof campaigns of the Eighth Frontier War (1850–1853).
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