Nongqawuse

Deceased Person

1840 – 1898

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Who was Nongqawuse?

Nongqawuse was the Xhosa prophetess whose prophecies led to a millennialist movement that culminated in the Xhosa cattle-killing crisis of 1856–1857, in what is now the Eastern Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa.

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Born
1840
Died
1898

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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