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The Thembu are one of the handfull of nations and population groups which speak isiXhosa in South Africa. Xhosa (IPA: ) is one of the official languages of South Africa. ...


Other groups are the Gcaleka, amaMpondo, the Mfengu, and are obviously amaXhosa. The Thembu clan currently has the kingdom of AmaXhosa. The kingdom can only be held by a Thembu whose clan name is Madiba. Mfengu are an african ethnic group of South Africa who were forced off their land in 1977 and 1978. ... The Xhosa people are a group of peoples of Bantu origins living in south-east South Africa. ...


Probably the most internationally famous Thembu is Nelson Mandela. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela OM, CC, AC, QC (IPA: ) (born July 18, 1918) was the first President of South Africa to be elected in fully-representative democratic elections. ...


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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Thembu (198 words)
The Thembu are one of the handfull of nations and population groups which speak isiXhosa in South Africa.
Probably the most internationally famous Thembu is Nelson Mandela.
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela OM, CC, AC, QC (IPA:) (born July 18, 1918) was the first President of South Africa to be elected in fully-representative democratic elections.
Tile, Nehemiah, South Africa, Thembu National Church (257 words)
He is believed to have been a member of the Thembu branch of the southern Nguni, but his actual origins are uncertain.
By the early 1870s he was working as an evangelist for the Wesleyan Methodist mission in the Thembu region of the present eastern Cape Province.
Saunders, C. "Tile and The Thembu Church." JAH 11 (4) (1970): 553-70.
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