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Lobengula Khumalo (c. 1835 – c. 1894) was the second and last official king of the Northern Ndebele people (historically called Matabele in English). Both names in the Ndebele language mean "the men of the long shields", a reference to the Ndebele warriors' use of the Nguni shield .
After the death of Mzilikazi, in 1868, the izinduna, or chiefs, offered the crown to Lobengula kaMzilikazi, one of Mzilikazi's sons from an inferior wife. Several impis (regiments) disputed Lobengula's ascent, and the question was ultimately decided by the arbitration of the assegai , with Lobengula and his impis crushing the rebels.
Mzilikazi [1] Moselekatse, Khumalo (c. 1790 – 9 September 1868) was a Southern African king who founded the Ndebele Kingdom now called Matebeleland which is now part of Zimbabwe. His name means "the great river of blood". [ 2 ]
King Mzilikazi had established the Ndebele Kingdom, with Shona subjects paying tribute to him. The nascent kingdom encountered European powers for the first time and Lobengula signed various treaties with the various nations jostling for power in the region, playing them off one another in order to preserve the sovereignty of his kingdom and ...
Mzilikazi died on 9 September 1868, near Bulawayo. His son, Lobengula, succeeded him as king. Lobengula established a state that held sovereignty over the region between the Limpopo and Zambezi rivers to the north and south and between the desert of the Makgadikgadi salt pans to the west and the Save River to the east. [citation needed]
A YouTuber's last video on his account is a chilling goodbye as he announces his own death. “If you’re watching me, I’m dead,” YouTuber Paul Harrell announced in his final video uploaded ...
The principal street in Bulawayo in 1905 Bulawayo in 1906. At front is the Matabele Rebellion Monument, constructed after the Second Matabele War Bulawayo in 1976. The city was founded by the Ndebele king Lobengula, the son of King Mzilikazi, born of Matshobana, [15] who settled in modern-day Zimbabwe around the 1840s.
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