Xhosa singers
Inkwenkwizi Game Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
We were greeted by Xhosa singers on arrival at the Inkwenkwezi Private Game Reserve, located 30 km north-east of East London. The reserve occupies an area of 100 sq. km.
The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda. The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South Africa's Black population and can be divided into four distinct groups: the Northern and Central Nguni (the Zulu-speaking peoples), the Southern Nguni (the Xhosa-speaking peoples), the Swazi people from Swaziland and adjacent areas and the Ndebele people of the Northern Province and Mpumalanga. The Bantu-speaking groups that were the ancestors of the Nguni migrated down from East Africa as early as the 17th century.
The Xhosa are the second largest cultural group in South Africa, after the Zulu-speaking nation. They are a Bantu ethnic group of Southern Africa mainly found in the Eastern and Western Cape.
Xhosa singers
Inkwenkwizi Game Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
We were greeted by Xhosa singers on arrival at the Inkwenkwezi Private Game Reserve, located 30 km north-east of East London. The reserve occupies an area of 100 sq. km.
The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho, Shangaan-Tsonga and Venda. The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South Africa's Black population and can be divided into four distinct groups: the Northern and Central Nguni (the Zulu-speaking peoples), the Southern Nguni (the Xhosa-speaking peoples), the Swazi people from Swaziland and adjacent areas and the Ndebele people of the Northern Province and Mpumalanga. The Bantu-speaking groups that were the ancestors of the Nguni migrated down from East Africa as early as the 17th century.
The Xhosa are the second largest cultural group in South Africa, after the Zulu-speaking nation. They are a Bantu ethnic group of Southern Africa mainly found in the Eastern and Western Cape.