Ngubengcuka

Ngubengcuka Aa! Ndaba!, also known as Vusani,^[1] (c. 1790 – 10 August^{[citation needed]} 1830)^[2][3] was the king of the abaThembu, in the eastern-southern part of Xhosaland (Eastern Cape). Ngubengcuka succeeded his father, Ndaba, as king in 1810.^[1] Known as Inkosi Enkhulu (Great Chief), Ngubengcuka united the Thembu kingdom before it was subjected to British colonial rule.^[4] He was the proverbial author and finisher of the modern kingdom that it eventually became.

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Ngubengcuka had wives from the Great House, Right Hand House, and the Ixhiba, the lesser or Left Hand House. Among his many descendants is Nelson Mandela, a great-grandson via the Ixhiba or left-hand house. The name Mandela was first given to a younger brother of Simakade, the oldest son of the Ixhiba house.^[5]