Ntsikana (born 1780-1821) was a Christian Xhosa prophet, evangelist and hymn writer who is regarded as one of the first Christians to translate Christian...
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exemplifies his Xhosa heritage by setting the words of Ntsikana's "Great Hymn" to music. Ntsikana, a Xhosa chief, is remembered as the first important African...
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grave of Ntsikana in the Eastern Cape of South Africa is known as Intsimbi kaNtsikana, literally "Ntsikana's bell". Local legend states that Ntsikana struck...
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sought advice from Ntsikana, the royal diviner and spiritual counsellor, in his quest to destroy the Ndlambe Great Place. Ntsikana first offered his visionary...
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converts of Ntsikana. Bokwe first went to school at the age of eight or nine, and was taught by William Kobe Ntsikana, grandson of the prophet Ntsikana. In 1867...
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Mzamane Njongonkulu Ndungane Mlibo Ngewu Nongqawuse Nontetha Nkwenkwe Ntsikana Ebenezer Ntlali Walter Rubusana Tiyo Soga Desmond Tutu Mpho Tutu van Furth...
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Xhosa writing was a hymn written in the early 19th century by the prophet Ntsikana. The Bible was translated into Xhosa between the 1820s and 1859. The earliest...
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and his grandfather, Peyi, had been a disciple and close associate of Ntsikana, who had played a key role in Xhosa literature, as well as in the Xhosa's...
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Examples of this kind in Dhlomo's writing are The Girl who killed to Save and Ntsikana, which are in the line of Progressivist ideas and justify white policy...
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(2016) Smith Location → Xolani (2016) Soto → Sotho (2016) Tsinikane → Ntsikana (2016) Woodlands → eMabhofolweni (2016) Kete-kete → Hamakete-teke (2017)...
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