So, we have compiled some beautiful Xhosa baby names to help you choose the right one. These names refer to the clan, their deity, or the family they were born into. Each Xhosa name has a ...

Madiba is Mandela’s clan name. Slaughtering the ox Xhosa tradition requires the slaughtering of an animal early on the day of the burial. After the ritual throat slitting, the animal will be ...

Nelson Mandela will be laid to rest on Sunday in an elaborate ceremony combining a state funeral and all its military pomp with the traditional burial rituals of his Xhosa clan to ensure he has an ...

But its film industry has also gone through much change since the end of Apartheid that saw Mandela, often referred to by his Xhosa clan name Madiba or as “tata,” or “father” of the nation ...

There, a state funeral will take place on Sunday combining military pomp and traditional rites of Mandela's Xhosa abaThembu clan. It will be attended by family members, national leaders and ...

"That's a beautiful smile!" Clinton said. "Madiba's smile is a trademark," Machel said, affectionately referring to Mandela by his Xhosa clan name. Afterwards, Clinton, Machel and the others went ...

As president, his priority was racial reconciliation; today South Africans of all races refer to him by his Xhosa clan honorific, Madiba. Mandela stepped down in 1999 after a single five-year term.