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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • (2016) Smith Location → Xolani (2016) Soto → Sotho (2016) Tsinikane → Ntsikana (2016) Woodlands → eMabhofolweni (2016) Kete-kete → Hamakete-teke (2017)...
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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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    1786–1870) Nongqawuse, millennialist amaXhosa prophetess (c. 1840–1898) Ntsikana, amaXhosa prophet (1780–1821) Lennox Sebe, Chief of AmaNtinde (1926–1994)...
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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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