Initially, it pitted hostel-dwellers associated with Inkatha and the Zulu tribe against others associated with the congress and the Xhosa tribe.

Most of the songs on "Vuyani" (M.E.L.T. 2000) are based on the traditions of the Xhosa tribe.

The white authorities established both homelands for members of the Xhosa tribe, but their rulers are divided by personality and historical rivalries.

Often, Zulus add that despite its staunch nonracial policies, the African National Congress furthers the ambitions of the Xhosa tribe, including Mr. Mandela.

Members perform in traditional dress and body paint and use a lot of acrobatics, combining the root traditions of the Xhosa tribe and contemporary pop.

The music, based on the traditions of the Xhosa tribe rather than the Zulu music that is better known in the United States, grows hypnotic and galvanizing.

The town was close to the seat of Hintsa ka Khawuta, chief of the Gcaleka people of the Xhosa tribe.

The ancient house kaffir inclined his head in the submissive gesture of the Xhosa tribe and withdrew.

The nearby Xhosa tribes called the surrounding area Qabimbola (meaning 'red clay on the face') as the surrounding clay was used for face painting.

The rest of the party line appears to depend on the audience: it can include anti-ethnic innuendo against the Xhosa tribe, especially Nelson Mandela.