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PEDI (BAPEDI/NORTHERN SOTHO) PEOPLE: SOUTH AFRICAN WARRIOR TRIBE

"I am an African, I am the grandchild of the warrior men and women that Hintsa and Sekhukhune led, the patriots that Cetswayo and Mphep...

a Pedi bride Known as the Bapedi tribe, they are "one" of a number of North Sotho tribes.

Kgosi Sekwati Mampuru was a local chief during the century and his kraal was on the banks of the Apies River. He was a revolutionary figure who fiercely resisted colonial rule

King Sekhukhune | South African History Online

Sekhukhune was King of the Marota people (commonly called Bapedi) who originated from the Bakgatla of the Western Transvaal. Sekhukhune, like Moshoeshoe King of the Basotho people, was an illegitimate ruler who came to power using military force. As a result, his half brother, and legitimate heir, Mampuru was forced to flee from the Kingdom.