As Gaba had only a daughter from his first wife, Noyiki, she adopted the boy as her own. Ntsikana grew up tending his father's herds and learning to hunt. ###>Comme Gaba n'avait eu qu'une fille de sa première femme, Noyiki, celle-ci a adopté Ntsikana, et il a grandi en s'occupant des troupeaux de son père et en apprenant à faire la chasse.