Khawuta kaGcaleka
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King Khawuta ka-Gcaleka (c. 1761–1804) was the king of the AmaXhosa Nation from 1778 To 1794.[1] He is a direct descendant of King Phalo's Great House.
King Khawuta Ka-Gcaleka was the eldest son of King Gcaleka kaPhalo children.
King Khawuta Ka-Gcaleka had three Known sons, Prince Bhurhu kaKhawuta (1785), King Hintsa kaKhawuta (1787) and Prince Malashe kaKhawuta (1793).[1]
King Khawuta Ka-Gcaleka he died in 1804 near what is now Kentani in the Eastern Cape Province. Other sources record 1794 or 1820 as the year of death.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Peires, Jeffrey B. (1982). The House of Phalo: A History of the Xhosa People in the Days of Their Independence. University of California Press. p. 47. ISBN 9780520047938.