Sandile (1820–78)

Xhosa chief. Paramount chief of the Rarabe. Son of Ngqika (Gaika), head of part of the Xhosa tribe, and Sutu, a Tshatshu (or Gcina) princess. Assumed the duties of paramount chief circa 1840. Fought in border wars, 1846–7, 1850–2, and 1878; was forced to cede increasing amounts of territory to the British in South Africa, his remaining territory being annexed to Cape Colony in 1866.