What is "fingoland"

Fingoland was a historical territory situated in what is now the Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was inhabited primarily by the Fingo ("amaFengu") people, and was located in the south-west portion of the " Transkei" region.

The region that was later known as the Transkei was originally divided into territories known as the Idutywa Reserve, Fingoland (Mfenguland) and Galekaland (Gcalekaland). Fingoland lay by the borderlands in the far south of the Transkei, just north of the Kei River.

Following their annexation by the British however, these territories were restructured into the divisions of Butterworth, Tsomo and Ngqamakwe for Fingoland; Centani and Willowvale for Galekaland; and Idutywa for the Idutywa Reserve.