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Examples

  • Four people died in Fingo village in Grahamstown when municipal policemen went on a drunken shooting spree in 1987, the Truth and

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • Let us forget the differences between Xhosa-Fingo, Zulus and

    Mayibuye - December 1997 1997

  • Ntshiba said the station would only be set up on weekends as most of the deaths were a result of excessive drinking at Fingo

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • Xhosa-Fingo feud, the animosities that exist between Zulus and the Tsongas, between the

    THE STRUGGLE FOR LIBERATION IN SOUTH AFRICA 1992

  • Families were torn apart when the land was given to white farmers to form a buffer zone against the Fingo tribe.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1992

  • Let us forget the differences between Xhosa-Fingo, Zulus and Tongas, Basutos and other Natives. '

    Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 - Chapter 6 Ray Esther 1969

  • Fingo was waving his arms and vigorously nodding his head in affirmation.

    A Canticle for Leibowitz Miller, Walter M. 1959

  • Like Francis, Fingo had only an hour now and then to work at his chosen task; the woodcarving progressed at a rate that was almost imperceptible unless one looked at the carving only after intervals of several months.

    A Canticle for Leibowitz Miller, Walter M. 1959

  • Fingo smiled his disbelief, then dropped to his knees and opened the box while the novice watched nervously.

    A Canticle for Leibowitz Miller, Walter M. 1959

  • Francis picked up the box and started toward the abbey while Fingo returned to his donkey, but after a few paces the novice stopped and called back.

    A Canticle for Leibowitz Miller, Walter M. 1959

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