The amaMfengu (in the Xhosa language Mfengu, plural amafengu) were a group of Xhosa clans whose ancestors were refugees that fled from the Mfecane in the early-mid 19th century to seek land and protection from the Xhosa. These refugees were assimilated into the Xhosa nation and were officially recognized by the then king, Hintsa.[1]
The word Fengu comes from the old Xhosa word which is "ukumfenguza" which in the old Xhosa dialect meant to wander.
The Fengu people are of a confederation of clans from the Natal province near the Embo river, these clans include Miya, Ndlangisa, Gatyeni, Bhele, Tolo and Tshezi clans.
During the 6th Frontier War, they were promised by the Cape Colony independence from the oppressive Xhosa government and would be given their own land which would be called Fingoland, the southwestern portion of Eastern Xhosaland, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.[2]
^Mtumane, Zilibele (2017). "The Practice of Ubuntu with regard to amaMfengu among amaXhosa as Depicted in S. E. K. Mqhayi's Ityala Lamawele". International Journal of African Renaissance Studies - Multi-, Inter- and Transdisciplinarity. 12 (2): 68–80. doi:10.1080/18186874.2017.1392146. ISSN 1818-6874. S2CID 149374813.
^Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Fingo" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 376.
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protection against the weather, or as bivouac shelters when the Xhosa or Fengu armies camped out. When a king was sitting in the open, his subordinates...
addition to regular British imperial troops. Boer commandos fought alongside Fengu, British settlers, Khoi-khoi and other ethnic groups in units which were...
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cabinet". Polokwane Observer. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2022. Fengu, Msindisi (5 March 2019). "R1m 'bribe' paid to MEC by NGO contracted to...
salvation by supernatural spirits, who would return and drive all white people into the sea. Genuinely believing the prophecies of Nongqawuse, Sarili destroyed...
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tribes who agreed to replace their leadership, and the Fengu (known to the Europeans as the "Fingo people"), who had recently arrived fleeing from the Zulu...
recalled in 1839 when Shepstone was appointed British resident among the Fengu and other tribes in Kaffraria. Here he remained until the definite establishment...
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með tólf - Vísir". visir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved February 23, 2020. "Fengu fjórar milljónir úr Jafnréttissjóði - Vísir". visir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved...
and Theology. 15 (3–4): 375–394. doi:10.1163/157430108X376591. Msindisi Fengu (6 November 2020). "Unisa appoints first black female vice-chancellor Puleng...
loyal soldiers who replaced their leadership, and the Fengu (known to the Europeans as the "Fingo people"), who had recently arrived fleeing from the Zulu...
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