Leligama lelitsi Xhosa litemu nje, lelisetjentiswa ngekulungisa tive letisezingeni tema Nguni lahlobene, nemaMpondo, emaBomvana, baThembu nesive semaXhosa. Labantfu labakhuluma-siXhosa noma emaNguni lahlala eEastern Cape, kusuka emnceleni noma egedeni lase KwaZulu-Natal kuya eEastern Cape Zuurveld.
Ngekwemlandvo bebakadze babatingeli, belusi kanye nebasiti basemapulazini, lebebahleleke kakhulu noma kancane ngenkhululeko yetembusave etikhulwini lebetihlangene, ngayinye beyibona sikhulu lebesibalulekile. Ema Xhosa, kufana nemaNguni, litemu letilwimi letiningi letehlukile kunelicembu lelinelisiko lelifanako, kwakululwimi lunye lolukhulunywako kulesigodzi setiMfishi, Keiskamma nasemfuleni we Buffalo.
Licembu lekucala lemaNguni lahambela kufika eNingizimu Afrika libuke sive semaXhosa (lentiwe ngema Gcaleka, Ngqika, Ndlambe nesive sema Dushane), laba Thembu nemaMpondo. Kwatsi muva licembu lesibili lebantfu labakhuluma siNguni lefika endzaweni yaka Zulu, kepha lacoshwa yiNkhosi Shaka.
Bebatiwa ngekutsi ba Mfegu bafike babayincenye yemasive semaXhosa, licembu lelikhulu lesibili lebantfu eNingizimu Afrika. Basive lesitigcabhako, njengoba bangazange sebake bagcilatwe noma behlulwe ngulesinye sive.
Translated by Phindile Malotana