Ndaba!, also known as Vusani,[1] (c. 1790 – 10 August[citation needed] 1830)[2][3] was the king of the abaThembu, in the eastern-southern part of Xhosaland (Eastern Cape).
[1] Known as Inkosi Enkhulu (Great Chief), Ngubengcuka united the Thembu kingdom before it was subjected to British colonial rule.
[4] He was the proverbial author and finisher of the modern kingdom that it eventually became.
Among his many descendants is Nelson Mandela, a great-grandson via the Ixhiba or left-hand house.
The name Mandela was first given to a younger brother of Simakade, the oldest son of the Ixhiba house.