<Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> isiXhosa </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Td> Thembuland </Td> </Tr> <P> The Thembu people are one of the handful of nations and population groups that speak Xhosa in South Africa . </P> <P> The most internationally famous Thembu person was Nelson Mandela, whose father was a reigning nobleman from a junior branch of the Madiba clan of kings . Walter Sisulu was also of Thembu descent from his mother's side . </P>

Who are abathembu and where do they come from