Case file · Apparition / miracle
Ntsikana's vision
Around 1815 the Xhosa counsellor Ntsikana saw a ray of light strike his favourite ox, and soon after felt compelled to stop dancing and wash off his red ochre.
1815 CE · -32.75, 26.85 · status: account
The account
He became the first noted Xhosa Christian prophet and composed the Great Hymn, still sung in South Africa. He urged peace with the colony, unlike his rival Nxele. Position approximate.