Vito ra xi Xhosa ari vuli nchumu, ritirhisiwa eka tinxaka to hlawuleka ta xi Nguni, ma Pondo, ma Bomvana, vaThembu xikan’we na rixaka ra ma Xhosa hi roxe. Vanhu lava vulavulaka xi Xhosa kumbe Cape Nguni vakumeka exifundzheni xa Eastern Cape, kusuka e ndzelekanini wa KwaZulu-Natal kuya e Eastern Cape Zuurveld. Kuya hi matimu avari vahloti, varisi xikan’we na van’wamapurasi, lava ava tshamisekile ehansi ka vuhosi lebyi abyinga talangi tipolotiki, laha hinkwavo ava tekela enhlokweni hosinkulu.
Ma Xhosa, kufana na va Nguni, ririmi ra ndhuma kutlula rito ra xintu, akuri leri ari vulavuluvuriwa eminkoveniyale Fish, Keiskamma na Buffalo Rivers. Ntlawa wosungula wa vahlampfa va va Nguni kuva vafika e Afrika Dzonga akuri rixaka ra ma Xhosa (leri endliweke hi Gcaleka, Ngqika, Ndlambe na rixaka rava Dushane), va Thembu na ma Pondo.
Endzhaku kuta fika ntlawa wa vumbirhi wo vulavula xi Nguni wufikile e Zululand, kambe wu hlongoriwa hi hosi King Shaka. Ava tiviwa tani hiva Mfengu kutani ri mitiwa hi rixaka ra ma Xhosa. Vanhu lava vanga fika khale vavile rirhangu ra rixaka ra ma Xhosa, ntlawa wa vumbirhi hikukula e Afrika Dzonga. Vativeka tani hi rixaka leri tinyungubyisaka, hikuva avase tshama va hundzuriwa mahlonga kumbe ku hluriwa hi rixaka rin’wana.
Translated by Ike Ngobeni