Sigcawu kaSarili

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King Sigcawu ka Sarili of the Xhosa people. Chief Sigcawu of Pondoland and Cape Colony.jpg
King Sigcawu ka Sarili of the Xhosa people.

Sigcawu ka Sarili (1892-1902) was the King of the Xhosa nation from 1892 until his death in 1902. His father was Sarili ka Hintsa and mother Queen Nobuthe.

Sigcawu had three sons Siphendu Gwebecimele, Salukaphathwa Gwebi'nkumbi Sigcawu and Daliza Sigcawu. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Lipschutz, Mark R.; Rasmussen, R. Kent (1986). Dictionary of African Historical Biography. University of California Press. p. 250. ISBN   978-0-520-06611-3.
  2. Ethnological Publications. Government Printer, South Africa. 1930. p. 48.