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Cirha

  • PeopleamaXhosa
  • RegionEastern Cape

Recorded Praise Names

These are praise names, not a full recitation.

Izinqulo IZIDUKO-WEB
NcibaneKhawutaNojaholoMhlantlaNyembezanaMhlathendlovuDlakalasheNtswentsweQhanqoloNtlokwenyaniSihlobo sikaPhaloHloml' iphuthi lidala linempondo
Directory form IZITHAKAZELO; NIVILE
NcibaneNtswentsweNojaholoQhanqoloHloml' iphuthi lidala lineempondo

Two versions are recorded and neither has been chosen. Where community sources differ on a praise, both readings are kept. A regional form and a transcription slip are indistinguishable to anyone who is not a first-language reader.

The History Behind This Name

As written down by the people named at the end.

The Cirha are the senior house of Nkosiyamntu, and the house from which Tshawe took the Xhosa chieftainship. That contest is the founding event of the Xhosa kingdom as it is recited today, and it is why a Cirha is greeted as Sihlobo sikaPhalo - a relative of Phalo - rather than as a subject of the royal house.

Recorded from: SAHO; WIKIPEDIA (Xhosa people); IZIDUKO-WEB

Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.

About This Record

What Was Written Down

The senior house of Nkosiyamntu, from which the chieftainship passed to Tshawe. The izithakazelo.blog and nivile.co.za directories both carry the shorter directory form (Ncibane, Nojaholo, Ntswentswe, Qhanqolo); the fuller sequence above is iziduko.wordpress.com.

Where This Comes From

Written down by
  • iziduko.wordpress.com and xhosaculture.co.za, read via indexed search results (both refused a direct fetch)
  • izithakazelo.blog/iziduko-zamaxhosa/ (read 2026-08-23)
  • nivile.co.za/iziduko.html (read 2026-08-23) — independent cross-check

Recorded Alongside

  • Amagiqwa Also recorded among the amaXhosa.
  • Bhayi Also recorded among the amaXhosa.
  • Bhisha Also recorded among the amaXhosa.
  • Bhuku Also recorded among the amaXhosa.
  • Cethe Also recorded among the amaXhosa.
  • Cetshe Also recorded among the amaXhosa.

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