The Basotho:
http://www.africanexplore.com/pdfpages/pages/Basotho.html
The ancestors of the Sotho people entered the area south of the Limpopo River in several migrations.In time, they became dispersed over the vast interior plateau between the eastern escarpment and the arid western regions and formed four subgroups รณ the Tswana, North Sotho,More... http://www.africanexplore.com/pdfpages/pages/Basotho.html
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Want to know more about a Xhosa:
Want to know more about a Xhosa:
The Xhosa, also often called the “Red Blanket People”, are of Nguni stock, like the Zulu. The name Xhosa is a generalised term for a diversity of proud clans, the Pondo, Bomvana, Thembu and the Xhosa tribe itself. Red and the orange of ochre were the traditional colours of the Xhosa, Tembu and Bomvana (“the red ones”). The first group of early Nguni immigrants to migrate to South Africa consisted of the Xhosa, (made up of the the Gcaleka, Ngqika, Ndlambe and Dushane clans), the Thembu and Pondo. However, a second group of Nguni-speakers joined these tribes later.
http://www.africanexplore.com/pdfpages/pages/Xhosa.html
The Xhosa, also often called the “Red Blanket People”, are of Nguni stock, like the Zulu. The name Xhosa is a generalised term for a diversity of proud clans, the Pondo, Bomvana, Thembu and the Xhosa tribe itself. Red and the orange of ochre were the traditional colours of the Xhosa, Tembu and Bomvana (“the red ones”). The first group of early Nguni immigrants to migrate to South Africa consisted of the Xhosa, (made up of the the Gcaleka, Ngqika, Ndlambe and Dushane clans), the Thembu and Pondo. However, a second group of Nguni-speakers joined these tribes later.
http://www.africanexplore.com/pdfpages/pages/Xhosa.html
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