Lesotho side: Soai and Quu
These leaders represent the mountain alliance context around San-Phuthi relations and the pre-1879 fortress world, including kinship and military networks.
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San leaders in Qithi history zones
Soei/Soai, Quu, Mada'kane, and Madolo are included because they belong to the same social and territorial world as AmaQithi lineage formation.
Eastern Cape side: Mada'kane and Madolo
These leaders represent White Kei and Black Kei frontier leadership, including Glen Grey San groups under Ngqabayi and nearby Madolo groups in the same conflict landscape. Oral history says drought-era tension with Jumba-linked Thembu groups grew from rainmaker blame and became open feud.
Why this matters for AmaQithi
Their inclusion is evidentiary, not ornamental. They provide the broader leadership framework within which AmaQithi identity was sustained and adapted.
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docs/newupdates/other san chiefs.md · docs/newupdates/madolo.md · docs/july updates/khoboko.md