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Ciskei

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Cis·kei  (ssk)
A former Black homeland of southeast South Africa. It was granted nominal independence in 1980 and was reabsorbed into South Africa by the 1994 constitution.
Ciskei [ˈsɪskaɪ]
n
(Placename) (formerly) a Bantustan in SE South Africa; granted independence in 1981 but this was not recognized outside South Africa; abolished in 1993. Capital: Bisho


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The granting of self-government proceeded in fits and starts--mainly fits--until the 1970s and 1980s when the Transkei and the Ciskei became "independent.
Custom and the politics of sovereignty in South Africa by Crais, Clifton / Journal of Social History
The Arts and Crafts of the Xhosa in the Ciskei, Past and Present.
Illuminated signs: style and meaning in the beadwork of the Xhosa- ... by Van Wyk, Gary / African Arts
More than a century later, in the 1960s, apartheid legislation decreed that black residents of the area should be relocated to the `homeland' of the Ciskei.
Citizen power in South Africa: in the dying days of the apartheid ... by Smook, William / For A Change
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