Table of Contents

Editor's introduction; Biographical note on the author; Preface; Bibliography; 1. Who are the Bantu; 2. Arabs and Portuguese; 3. First contact of Portuguese with Makalanga; 4. Gradual spread of Bantu tribes; 5. Migration of Bantu tribes from the north; 6. Ama-Zimba and Aba-Mbo; 7. Tribal and clan names; 8. Correlation of Bantu tribes; 9. Abe-Nguni, significance of the term; 10. Togu's reign; 11. Palo, his character; 12. State of hostility between Rarabe and Gcaleka; 13. Gcaleka succeeds Palo; 14. Hintsa, sixth Kafir war starts near Fish river; 15. A friend of the Bantu; 16. Kreli (Sarili); 17. The Abe-Nguni of Nyasaland; 18. Aba-Mbo, second branch of eastern Bantu; 19. The Pondomise; 20. Ama-Bomvana; 21. The Ama-Lala; 22. Tshaka, his childhood; 23. Kills his mother, Nandi; 24. The Aba-Tembu.

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A 1930 study of the history, traditions and tribal lives of the Xhosa people, offering a unique indigenous perspective.

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