Xhosa Wars
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The Xhosa Wars were a series of nine wars between the Xhosa Kingdom and the British Empire as well as Trekboers in what is now the Eastern Cape in South Africa. These events were the longest-running military resistance against European colonialism in Africa.
A column of Xhosa warriors, crossing a ravine in the frontier mountains
Sir Andries Stockenström, 1st Baronet, and veteran of several Xhosa wars
The Fengu ("Fingoes"), known across southern Africa as skilled gunmen, were invaluable allies of the Cape Colony in its frontier wars.
Shoot-out between Xhosa and long, slow-moving British army column.
Xhosa people
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The Xhosa people, or Xhosa-speaking people are a Bantu ethnic group native to South Africa. They are the second largest ethnic group in South Africa and are native speakers of the isiXhosa language.
Xhosa graduates at Zonnebloem College in 1860, Cape Town, Cape Colony
Xhosa village in Eastern Cape.
An illustration of a group of Xhosa people by Thomas Baines (illustrated in 1848).
Xhosa spearman