Xhosa people
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The Xhosa people are an ethnic group in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and Lesotho. 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
Nguni peoples
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The Nguni peoples are an ethnolinguistic group of Bantu ethnic groups native to Southern Africa where they form the single largest ethnolinguistic community.
A Swazi traditional house displayed at the Eswatini National Museum, 2026
A traditional Nguni homestead from a Xhosa village in South Africa, c. 1900
A Nguni drum displayed at the Eswatini National Museum in Lobamba
Necklace made from dog's teeth, used in religious ceremonies of the Nguni peoples. Museum of Gems and Jewellery, Cape Town