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Date: 1969 Type: Grave Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°42'01.57" S 26°29'40.70" E

Nongqawuse (spelt Nongqause on the grave) was a Xhosa girl born in the 1840s near the Gxarha River. She was an orphan, brought up by her uncle Mhlakaza. Her prophecies led to a millennialist movement that led to the cattle-killing crisis of 1856-1857 in the Eastern Cape. She died in 1898. Wording on plaque _________________________ GRAVE OF NONGQAUSE THE XOSA PROPHETESS WHO LIVED IN THIS VICINITY AFTER THE CATTLE KILLING IN 1858 UNTIL HER DEATH IN 1898 ERECTED BY C.L.DEACON T.B.BOWKER I.MITFORD-BARBERTON.1969 TTB _________________________ See also South African History Online and Wikipedia. All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.