Nongqawuse
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| Born | Kentani |
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| South Africa | |
| Died | Alexandria |
| South Africa | |
| 1898 | |
| Alexandria | |
| South Africa | |
| Known for | Xhosa cattle-killing movement and famine of 1856-7 |
| Xhosa cattle-killing movement and famine of 1856–1857 | |
| Books | The Dead Will Arise: Nongqawuse and the Great Xhosa Cattle-killing Movement of 1856-7 |
| Bulletproof: Afterlives of Anticolonial Prophecy in South Africa and Beyond | |
| Nongqawuse's Prophecy | |
| Date of birth | January 1,1841 |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1332908 |
Nongqawuse Life story
Nongqawuse was the Xhosa prophet whose prophecies led to a millenarian movement that culminated in the Xhosa cattle-killing movement and famine of 1856–1857, in what is now Eastern Cape, South Africa.