Xesibeland

Xesibeland
Location of Xesibeland
Xesibeland marked with an "X" in a map of the Transkei Cape frontier 1875-1890

Xesibeland was a region in South Africa lying between Griqualand East and Pondoland in the area around Mount Ayliff. Xesibeland was the traditional region of the Xesibe people (AmaXesibe), one of the Xhosa people groups, closely related to the Pondo people and the Pondomise.

History

Xesibeland had been formerly part of Pondoland. On 20 October 1886 armed Pondo people invaded Xesibeland, burning kraals and causing much disorder.[1] They resented the loss of Xesibeland, an area that was not so crowded as other parts of Pondoland and thus could have supported a greater population. About 10,000 more Pondos concentrated on the border after the invasion, but after occasional battles and retreats by the Pondo,[2] order was eventually restored in December that same year. At that time the leader of the Pondos was Umquieka.[3] Xesibeland was annexed by the British to Cape Colony in 1886.[4]

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