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Fengu people
The Fengu or amaNgesi (in the Xhosa language Mfengu, plural amaMfengu) are a group of clans whose ancestors were initially refugees that fled from the Mfecane holocaust waged by the Boers alongside the Zulu armies from the far north against the peoples within the former British colony of Natal in the early-mid 19th century. Many of these clans were already aligned with the British in the Natal colony hence it was easy for them to integrate within the Cape Colony. It also explains why they were assigned privileges and rights reserved for British settlers.
These refugees were allowed into the Xhosa nation and were officially recognized by the then king, Hintsa, though they would shortly after be fully assimilated into the Cape Colony by the Crown as British settlers and known locally as AmaNgesi, a Xhosa word meaning the English people.
The word Fengu comes from the old Xhosa word which is "ukumfenguza" which in the old Xhosa dialect meant to wander.
The Fengu, later known as AmaNgesi are a confederation of clans from the former British colony of Natal; these clans include for example the Miya, Sonkosi and Rhadebe clans. Though these clan names are Xhosa translations of prior names to a now presumably extinct Fengu language and culture as the Fengu not only adopted cultural practices of the Xhosa people, they adopted their language and naming conventions as well.
After their settlement in the Cape, they were lawfully recognized as British; as by the principles of English common law which is the natural law of the land within King's domain, Freeholds cannot be granted outside lawful descent; the land devolves by heirship, binding ancestry and lawful rights together. Since Great Britain was in effect an English common law nation, the Fengu or Fingo which is a verb describing the state of wandering at the time, were made full beneficieries of crown protected British subjecthood and thus enjoyed the full natural freedoms of the King's freemen. The men of this estate were known as Franks which is to mean freemen in old English common law principles, this is where the estate of franktenement or freehold originates and those who hold such a status are Franks by law.
Frank, a.
FRANKTEN'EMENT, n. An estate of freehold; the possession of the soil by a freeman.
Hence the colonial records and deeds of the time show their clan names are recorded in their English forms which are their natural forms as English common law is the natural law of the King's domain, i.e., Myer is the natural form of the clan name Miya through crown delegated christening prerogative This applies to its other English variants as supported by church records and land deeds. Some like Stewart were not only christened forms but translated directly to the Sonkosi which is the rough form of the clan name, Knox to Nokwe, Marsh to Mahashe, Gwenwynwyn to Gcwanini, Rheade to Rhadebe and others.
Fengu people
The Fengu or amaNgesi (in the Xhosa language Mfengu, plural amaMfengu) are a group of clans whose ancestors were initially refugees that fled from the Mfecane holocaust waged by the Boers alongside the Zulu armies from the far north against the peoples within the former British colony of Natal in the early-mid 19th century. Many of these clans were already aligned with the British in the Natal colony hence it was easy for them to integrate within the Cape Colony. It also explains why they were assigned privileges and rights reserved for British settlers.
These refugees were allowed into the Xhosa nation and were officially recognized by the then king, Hintsa, though they would shortly after be fully assimilated into the Cape Colony by the Crown as British settlers and known locally as AmaNgesi, a Xhosa word meaning the English people.
The word Fengu comes from the old Xhosa word which is "ukumfenguza" which in the old Xhosa dialect meant to wander.
The Fengu, later known as AmaNgesi are a confederation of clans from the former British colony of Natal; these clans include for example the Miya, Sonkosi and Rhadebe clans. Though these clan names are Xhosa translations of prior names to a now presumably extinct Fengu language and culture as the Fengu not only adopted cultural practices of the Xhosa people, they adopted their language and naming conventions as well.
After their settlement in the Cape, they were lawfully recognized as British; as by the principles of English common law which is the natural law of the land within King's domain, Freeholds cannot be granted outside lawful descent; the land devolves by heirship, binding ancestry and lawful rights together. Since Great Britain was in effect an English common law nation, the Fengu or Fingo which is a verb describing the state of wandering at the time, were made full beneficieries of crown protected British subjecthood and thus enjoyed the full natural freedoms of the King's freemen. The men of this estate were known as Franks which is to mean freemen in old English common law principles, this is where the estate of franktenement or freehold originates and those who hold such a status are Franks by law.
Frank, a.
FRANKTEN'EMENT, n. An estate of freehold; the possession of the soil by a freeman.
Hence the colonial records and deeds of the time show their clan names are recorded in their English forms which are their natural forms as English common law is the natural law of the King's domain, i.e., Myer is the natural form of the clan name Miya through crown delegated christening prerogative This applies to its other English variants as supported by church records and land deeds. Some like Stewart were not only christened forms but translated directly to the Sonkosi which is the rough form of the clan name, Knox to Nokwe, Marsh to Mahashe, Gwenwynwyn to Gcwanini, Rheade to Rhadebe and others.
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