Qamata

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Qamata

The chief deity in traditional Xhosa religion.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, pages 14-15:
  my father remained aloof from Christianity and instead reserved his own faith for the great spirit of the Xhosas, Qamata, the God of his fathers.
- 2007, Molefi Asante, Emeka Nwadiora, Spear Masters, page 75:
  The idea of good and evil is related to the deity, Qamata, among the Xhosa.