Xhosa
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Xhosa is a recurring concept in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between November 07, 2023 and February 29, 2024. The archive places it in contexts such as ""Xhosa killing their cattle for religious reasons""; “Nongqawuse was a prophetess of the Xhosa people”. It most often appears alongside UK, @BoyanSlat, @eigenrobot.
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- Category: Concepts
- Mention count: 2
- Issue count: 2
- First seen: November 07, 2023
- Last seen: February 29, 2024
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Related Pages
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- UK (2 shared issues)
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- @BoyanSlat (1 shared issues)
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- @eigenrobot (1 shared issues)
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- @JackTindale (1 shared issues)
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- @literalbanana (1 shared issues)
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- @NiohBerg (1 shared issues)
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- @seanw_m (1 shared issues)
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- A16Z (1 shared issues)
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- Abolition Of Man (1 shared issues)
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- Aceso Under Glass (1 shared issues)
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- ACX Grant (1 shared issues)
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- ACX Grants (1 shared issues)
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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.
Consider this my contribution to the world: I think this behavior is about as admirable as men castrating themselves for religious reasons, or Xhosa killing their cattle for religious reasons.
14: Nongqawuse (born 1841) was a prophetess of the Xhosa people (related to Zulus, South Africa). When she was 15, she claimed the spirits told the Xhosa to kill all their cattle as a sacrifice; in exchange, they would bring utopia and drive away the encroaching British. The Xhosa believed her and killed all their cattle. In the ensuing famine, 75,000 out of 100,000 Xhosa died, and the British easily took over their territory.
Inline links: Nongqawuse