Isiduko · isiXhosa
Qwathi
- PeopleamaQwathi
- RegionEngcobo, Eastern Cape
Recorded Praise Names
These are praise names, not a full recitation.
QwathiIinkomo zikaXesibezikaJojo The History Behind This Name
As written down by the people named at the end.
A Qwathi history (amaxhosa.wordpress.com) records the amaQwathi as an independent nation founded by Mtshutshumbe kaMthetho, who split from the amaXesibe and settled in the Mqanduli area of Thembuland roughly three and a half centuries ago. The descent is given as Xesibe, then Ntozabantu, Ndzuza, Miyana, Bimbi, Nondzaba, Hlabe, Mthetho, and Mtshutshumbe.
They settled at their present capital of Engcobo during the reign of King Dlomo of the abaThembu, about 1680. The nation divides into many clans, among them amaDikela, amaTshaba, ooSdindi, ooBhlangwe, amaNzolo, imiNcayi, amaNtondo, amaKhombayo, amaVumbe, amaBangula and ooS'ximba.
Its chiefs include Stokwe kaNdlela and Dalasile kaFubu, both remembered for resistance to colonial rule. Wikipedia separately records that King Rharhabe died of wounds taken campaigning against the amaQwathi about 1787.
Recorded from: AMAXHOSA-WP; WIKIPEDIA (Rarabe kaPhalo)
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
About This Record
What Was Written Down
The Qwathi history at amaxhosa.wordpress.com is emphatic that the amaQwathi are a nation rather than a clan, and lists its constituent clans separately.
Where This Comes From
- Written down by
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- izithakazelo.blog/iziduko-zamaxhosa/ (read 2026-08-23)
- nivile.co.za/iziduko.html (read 2026-08-23) — independent cross-check
- And also by
- More than one person, the same way.
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