Two decades after the Great Xhosa Cattle Killing, William Wellington Gqoba (1840-1888) – the editor of the isiXhosa newspaper Isigidimi SamaXosa – published a two-part history of the event. This podcast discusses Gqoba's first article. The first article was published in Isigidimi SamaXosa on 1 March 1888. In the article, Gqoba offered a history of the first eight days after the prophecy.