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Abafana singing Nongqawuse song

This Is a song composed by Bongani Magatyana about Nongqawuse More than a hundred years ago a Xhosa girl called Nongqawuse's was born near the Gxarha River. She was an orphan, brought up by her uncle Mhlakaza. Nongqawuse's people had many problems. They waged wars with the British government in the Cape Colony, who wanted to rule over the Xhosa and their land. The wars killed many of the Xhosa and their cattle. Then, to make things worse, their cattle became sick. They caught a lung disease from a herd of cattle that White settlers brought from Europe. Their grain was also infected with a disease that killed the maize before it was ripe. The Xhosa believed that these diseases were ubuthi, or evil, caused by witchcraft. They also blamed the White settlers for their problems, because they took their land and tried to destroy their traditions and beliefs. Then Nongqawuse had a vision. One day she went to a river pool and spirits appeared to her. Some people say that there were two spirits, Sifuba-Sibunza, the Broad-chested One, and Napakade, the Eternal One, but most people agree that there were three spirits. Nongqawuse told her people that the spirits had told her a new day would come for the Xhosa. Their ancestors would rise from the dead and they would bring new cattle with them. The ubuthi would stop, and the land would be full of new grain. The sun would set in the East and a whirlwind would come and blow all the Whites into the sea.