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The Xhosa Cattle-Killing was a pivotal moment in the history of South Africa. In April 1856, a young girl prophesied that the amaXhosa should kill all their cattle and not cultivate their fields so that a new, great nation would arise from the sea. The outcome of the realized prophecy broke the back of the amaXhosa and ushered in a new era of colonial expansion and domination.













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