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See also:FINGO, or FENGU (Ama-Fengu, " wanderers ") , a See also:Bantu-See also:Negro See also:people, allied to the Zulu See also:family, who have given their name to the See also:district of Fingoland, the S.W. portion of the See also:Transkei See also:division of the Cape See also:province . The See also:Fingo tribes were formed from the nations broken up by Chaka and his Zulu; after some years of oppression by the Xosa they appealed to the Cape See also:government in 1835, and were permitted by See also:Sir See also:Benjamin D'See also:Urban to See also:settle on the See also:banks of the See also:Great See also:Fish See also:river . They have been always loyal to the See also:British, and have steadily advanced in social respects . They have largely adapted themselves to western culture, wearing See also:European clothes; supporting their See also:schools by voluntary contributions, editing See also:newspapers, translating See also:English See also:poetry, and setting their See also:national songs to correct See also:music . The See also:majority See also:call themselves Christians and many of them have intermarried with Europeans . |
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