Ciskei

American  

[sis-kahy] / ˈsɪs kaɪ /

noun

1. a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1981 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 3,200 sq. mi. (8,300 sq. km). Bisho.

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Ciskei British  

/ ˈsɪskaɪ /

noun

1. (formerly) a Bantu homeland in SE South Africa; declared independent in 1981 but this was not recognized outside South Africa; abolished in 1993. Capital: Bisho (now Bhisho)

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Other Word Forms

• Ciskeian adjective

Example Sentences

In the years since he was expelled from Ciskei, he has built his new farm, Whitehall, into one of the leading export operations in the Western Cape's fruit belt.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It is now up to Ciskei and its people to see that the chicken of prosperity is raised with loving care."

From Time Magazine Archive

Ciskei, Bophuthatswana and Venda are among ten territories made nominally independent or self-governing since 1972.

From Time Magazine Archive

The 60,000 African National Congress supporters who marched to the border of South Africa's so-called independent homeland of Ciskei were not unexpected.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Swazi bantustan, Lebowa, and Venda were composed of three pieces each; Gazankule, four; the Ciskei, seventeen; Bophuthatswana, nineteen; and KwaZulu, twenty-nine.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela