Xesibeland
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Xesibeland was a region in South Africa lying between Griqualand East and Pondoland the area around Mount Ayliff. Xesibeland was the traditional region of the Xesibe people (AmaXesibe), closely related to the Mpondo people and the Mpondomise.
History
Xesibeland had been formerly part of Mpondoland. On 20 October 1886 after xesibe was annexed by the colonials, armed Mpondo people invaded Xesibeland, burning kraals and causing much disorder.[http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/charles-eugene-little/cyclopedia-of-classified-dates-with-an-exhaustive-index-by-charles-e-little--hci/page-186-cyclopedia-of-classified-dates-with-an-exhaustive-index-by-charles-e-little--hci.shtml Charles Eugene Little. Cyclopedia of classified dates] They resented the loss of Xesibeland, an area that was not so crowded as other parts of Mpondoland and thus could have supported a greater population. About 10,000 more Mpondos concentrated on the border after the invasion, but after occasional battles and retreats by the Mpondo,{{cite news|title=The disturbance in Xesibeland|newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne)|date=29 October 1886|page= 6}} order was eventually restored in December that same year. At that time the leader of the Mpondos was Umquieka.[http://www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=FS18861030.2.11&cl=CL1.FS&e=-------10-PubMetaTS-1-byDA---2%22Thomas+Smith+Duncan+%22-- Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 60, 30 October 1886, Page 2] Xesibeland was annexed by the British to Cape Colony in 1886.[http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/george-campbell/the-british-empire-pma/page-11-the-british-empire-pma.shtml George Campbell. The British empire]
References
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External links
- [https://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/181773?uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&sid=47698800632447 European Traders and the Mpondo Paramountcy, 1878-1886]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131213103314/http://eprints.ru.ac.za/1751/5/Ndima-MA-ch8.pdf The origin of the Qwathi]
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Category:1886 in the British Empire
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