Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Mutanen da ke magana da harshen Xhosa (amaXhosa, amaMpondo, abaThembu da amaMpondomise) sun zauna a Afirka ta Kudu kuma an kafa su sosai a yankin kafin mulkin mallaka na Dutch. Yankunan da suke da yawan jama'a sun hada da manyan sassan gabashin Afirka ta Kudu daga Kogin Gamtoos zuwa yankin kudu da birnin Durban na zamani. Xhosa sun fara haɗuwa da Turawan Turai a yankin Gabashin London a 1686 lokacin da waɗanda suka tsira daga jirgin ruwa mai suna "Stavenisse" wanda ya mutu a matsayin baƙi daga shugaban Xhosa, Togu. A ƙarshen karni na 18, Afrikaner "trekboers" da ke ƙaura daga Cape Town sun yi rikici da makiyaya na Xhosa a kusa da yankin Kogin Gamtoos na Gabashin Cape; "trekboers" sun tura Xhosas zuwa Kogin Babban Kifi ("Nxuba" a Xhosa). Bayan fiye da shekaru ashirin na rikice-rikice na rikice-rikice, daga 1811 zuwa 1812, an tilasta Xhosas zuwa gabashin Kogin Kifi a cikin Yaƙin Xhosa na Uku
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