Transkei
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Transkei
(historical) A bantustan and nominal parliamentary democracy (capital Umtata) in southeastern South Africa.
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As a result, in the former Transkei, funerals have become sites of contestation and confusion, as culture, spirituality and statecraft collide.
Griqualand East was transferred to Natal Province after the Transkei was declared independent, since it was cut off from the rest of the province.
Following the loss of this chiefdom (which has since been restored to the family) in the Apartheid era, the Mandelas retained their positions as nobles of the Transkei.
In my youth in the Transkei I listened to the elders of my tribe telling stories of the old days.