The story of Nongqawuse and the Xhosa cattle killings

Nongqawuse was a young Xhosa girl who claimed to have received a prophecy from the ancestors.
The prophecy said that if the Xhosa people killed their cattle and destroyed their crops, the ancestors would rise up and drive the British invaders out of the country. Many Xhosa people believed the prophecy and killed their cattle, which led to a famine and the deaths of thousands of people.