Soshangane was a General of the Zulu Kingdom Zulu King Shaka who broke away from Shaka s hegemony and carved out a Nguni people Nguni empire of conquest known as the Gaza Empire Gaza people Gasa or Gaza in what is now modern day Mozambique . Allied with the rival Ndwandwe in 1819, Soshagane fled after defeat by Shaka. He moved north into Mozambique, absorbing or conquering numerous followers that include Ronga and Ndau people. A punitive expedition sent by Shaka to liquidate his rival was seen off in 1828, and Soshagane consolidated his empire. When Soshangane settled in Gaza, he then established his own language, better known as isiShangaan, derived from his name. ref name ReferenceA The Cambridge History of Africa. Vol. 5 ref Shoshanganes army overran the Portuguese settlements at Maputo Bay Delagoa Bay , Inhambane and Sena, ref name ReferenceA and he extracted tribute from the Europeans. After the death of Soshangane around 1856, Soshagane s empire was embroiled in succession disputes. The final ruler Ngungunhane, in the Portuguese colonial writing, Gungunhana , was defeated by the once tributary Portuguese in 1895, and the Nguni Gazan empire collapsed. Soshagane is one of a number of outstanding figures that rose to prominence during the Mfecane . References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Soshangane ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1856 PLACE OF DEATH Category Year of birth missing Category 1856 deaths Category South African military personnel Category 19th century African people Category History of KwaZulu Natal Category History of South Africa ca Soshangane es Soshangane pt Soshangane fi Soshangane ... more details
The Gaza empire 1824 1895 was an African empire established by the powerful general, Soshangane , and was located in southeastern Africa in the area of southern Mozambique and southeastern Zimbabwe . The Gaza Empire, at its height in the 1860s, covered the whole of Mozambique between the Zambezi and Limpopo River Limpopo rivers. ref Newitt, Malyn D.D. The Gaza Empire. Microsoft Encarta Reference Library, 2005. DVD ref History File Ngungunhane Gungunhana.jpg thumb right 200px Gungunhana , the last dynastic emperor of the Gaza Empire In the 1820s, during a period of severe drought, Nguni armies, southern ... by Soshangane , a powerful Nguni rival. Eventually Soshangane established his capital in the highlands of the middle Sabi River in what is present day Zimbabwe. Soshangane named his empire Gaza .... DVD ref Soshangane died in 1856 and there was a bitter struggle for power between his sons Mawewe ... 1884. Soshangane s grandson, Gungunyana , took over the Gaza Empire from his father Mzila and moved ... Ronga , Ndau people Ndzawu , Shona people Shona and Chopi people Chopi tribes , which Soshangane conquered and subjugated. Soshangane insisted that Nguni customs be adopted, and that the Tsonga learn ... . Soshangane also imposed Shaka Zulu s military system of dominion and taught the people the Zulu ... Empire. Microsoft Encarta Reference Library, 2005. DVD ref Soshangane extended his control over ... under Soshangane, swept through Mozambique. Zwangendaba s group continued north across the Zambezi , settling to the west of contemporary Mozambique, but Soshangane s group crossed the Limpopo River ... Another army, under the command of Dingane and Mhlangana , was sent by Shaka to deal with Soshangane, but the army suffered great hardship because of hunger and malaria , and Soshangane had no difficulty ... , on the southern coast, and in 1781 they permanently occupied Delagoa Bay . However, Soshangane s army ... of Soshangane in 1856, his sons fought over the chieftainship. Soshangane had left the throne ... more details
The Gaza were Nguni people Nguni people who left what is now South Africa in the early 19th century and settled in Gazaland in what is now Southern Mozambique . An early leader was Soshangane circa 1828 , under whom they migrated somewhat further North to the Save River Africa Save River area. DEFAULTSORT Gaza People Category Ethnic groups in Mozambique Mozambique stub Africa ethno group stub ... more details
Gazaland is the historical name for the region in southeast Newcastle, in modern day Mozambique and Zimbabwe , which extends northward from the Komati River at Delagoa Bay in Mozambique s Maputo Province to the Pungwe River in central Mozambique. It was a district of the former Portuguese East Africa . Its name was derived from a Swazi people Swazi chief named Gaza chief Gaza , a contemporary of Shaka Zulu . It covered most of present day Gaza Province Gaza and Inhambane Province Inhambane provinces, and the southern portions of Manica Province Manica and Sofala Province Sofala provinces. Refugees from various clans oppressed by Dingane Shaka s successor were welded into one tribe by Gaza s son Soshangane , his followers becoming known as Shangaan people Shangaan or Mashangane. A section of them was called Maviti or Landeens i.e. couriers , a designation which persisted as a tribal name. Between 1833 and 1836 Soshangane made himself master of the country as far north as the Zambezi and captured the Portuguese posts at Delagoa Bay, Inhambane , Sofala and Sena, Mozambique Sena , killing nearly all the inhabitants. The Portuguese reoccupied their posts, but held them with great difficulty, while in the interior Soshangane continued his conquests, depopulating large regions. Soshangane died about 1856, and his son Umzila , receiving some help from the Portuguese at Delagoa Bay in a struggle against a brother for the chieftain ship, ceded to them the territory south of the Komati River . North of that river as far as the Zambezi, and inland to the continental plateau, Umzila established himself in independence, a position he maintained till his death c .1884 . His chief rival was a Goa n named Manuel Antonio de Sousa , also known as Gouveia , who came to Africa about 1850. Having obtained possession of a crown estate prazo in the Gorongosa District , he ruled there as a feudal lord while acknowledging himself a Portuguese subject. Gouveia captured much of the country in ... more details
of Soshangane . When Apartheid was abolished in 1994, the population of Gazankulu ... clan, led by chief Soshangane Nxumalo waged a war against the Zulus, the Military commander of the Zulus was led by Shaka Zulu . The Zwide forces were defeated by the Zulus, Soshangane led the Ndwandwe ... and ruthless Nxumalo warrior, Soshangane refused to submit to Shaka Zulu and left Nongoma with his ... KwaZulu Natal , King Gaza I of the Ndwandwe clan, who was the grandfather of Soshangane . The leaders ..., Mavuso, Ludonga, Xaba, Langa I and Zwide II. Soshangane was the cousin to King Zwide II and was the Military ..., after the defeat by the Portuguese, the descendents of Soshangane were involved again in their second ..., Soshangane refused to submit to the authority of the Zulu, fearing Shaka s brutal leadership, Soshangane left Nongoma with his followers to establish a new Kingdom else where, he named the new ... , now Maputo . The second migration of the descendents of Soshangane took place again and the Shangaans ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The Ndwandwe clan are a subgroup of the Nguni people who populate sections of Southern Africa. The Ndwandwe, with the Mtetwa Empire Mthethwa , were a significant power in present day Zulu Kingdom Zululand at the turn of the nineteenth century. Under the leadership of King Zwide , the Ndwandwe nation destroyed the Mthethwa under their king Dingiswayo , and the power vacuum was filled by Shaka and his then small Zulu people Zulu tribe. In a common front against the Ndwandwe, Shaka collected the remains of the Mthethwa and other regional tribes, and survived the first encounter of the Zulu Civil War with Zwide at the Battle of Gqokli Hill in 1818. In 1819, Zwide made another expedition against the Zulus, but Shaka again changed his tactics, letting the Ndwandwe army penetrate his territory and responding with guerrilla warfare. Shortage of supplies caused the Ndandwe to return home, but when they were crossing the river Mhlatuze in early 1820, their forces were split and defeated at the Battle of Mhlatuze River . This led to the disintegration of the Ndwandwe nation as Zwide s generals and sons led sections of the Ndwandwe northwards. One such group, under Soshangane , formed the Gaza Empire in present day central Mozambique while another, under Zwangendaba , established rule as the waNgoni in present day Malawi . Others established themselves as chiefs of note in Swaziland and Zambia to create a Ndwandwe legacy of enduring power that is scattered across Southern Africa. They speak an Nguni dialect and their nations official languages are English language English in Zambia and Zimbabwe , and Portuguese language Portuguese in Mozambique . Category Ethnic groups in Africa Category History of KwaZulu Natal pt Ndwandwe ... more details
Zwide kaLanga 1758 1825 was the Tribal chief chief of the Ndwandwe Nxumalo clan from about 1805 to around 1820. ref cite web title King ZWIDE kaLanga work Rootsweb.com url http freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com royalty africa i314.html I314 accessdate 2006 06 04 ref He was the son of Langa KaXaba , a Ndwandwe Chieftain. Legend has it that Zwide s mother, Queen Ntombazi was a sangoma . Political life Around the time Zwide became Chief, the Ndwandwe were growing in military power. Ambitious in expanding Ndwandwe supremacy, Zwide was a prominent rival chieftain to Chief Dingiswayo of the Mthethwa and his famous general and prot g , King Shaka of the Zulu Kingdom . Military actions Zwide sought to expand his borders, and in 1818 he destroyed the power of the Mthethwa Kingdom, after he had Chief Dingiswayo killed. He also had a battle with the young Zulu clan at the Battle of Gqokli Hill . He destroyed and overran the neighbouring Khumalo Kingdom and executed their King Matshobana KaMangete. Matshobana s son and heir Mzilikazi escaped from the Ndwandwe and sought refuge with Shaka , who had reformed the remnant Mthethwa clan under his rule. Knowing this, Zwide planned to destroy the Zulu Kingdom Zulu Empire to secure Ndwandwe domination of Zululand. In 1820, he led his army into battle against the Zulu at the Battle of Mhlatuze River . His forces were caught crossing halfway across the Mhlatuze River when the Zulu forces attacked, and the Ndwandwe army was scattered. Zwide escaped with a remnant of his clan across the Pongola River . After Zwide and his clansmen escaped, the Zulu attacked the rest of his people, killing many at Mome Gorge, a desolate place. The Zulu attacked the Ndwandwe capital, Kwa Nongoma . The Zulu victory was the beginning of the Mfecane or the scattering. Zwide s generals fled north, where they established their own Kingdoms, such as the Shangane Kingdom in Gaza, formed by General Soshangane . References references Category Ndwandwe people Category ... more details
and successor of Soshangane who, as head of an army advancing northward from Zulu Kingdom Zululand ... a period of great social and political instability. His grandfather, Soshangane also called Manicusse ... people Swazi , whose ancestral lands were in the territory of present day South Africa. Soshangane ... the 1820s and into the 1830s, Soshangane was able to persuade the chiefs of about two hundred tribes ... duration, Soshangane and his people established the center of their power in the valley of the Limpopo ... more details
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Multiple issues cleanup October 2009 confusing October 2009 The Dlaminis the reigning Swazi Royal Family are an indigenous African royal house of Swaziland , a southern African nation of which Mswati III is king. Scholarly history of Swaziland shows that independent chiefdoms and small kingdoms dominated by various clans were initially conquered and incorporated into the growing History of Swaziland Ngwane kingdom ruled by members of the Dlamini clan sometime in the 18th and 19th centuries, long before British Empire British colonisation . ref Bonner, Philip 1983 . Kings, Commoners and Concessionaires The Evolution and Dissolution of the Nineteenth Century Swazi State . Cambridge Cambridge U. Press. See esp. pp. 60, 85 88. ref Predecessors and Short History HM King Mavuso HM King Ludvonga I HM King Dlamini III HM King Ngwane III 1780, died c1780. HM King Ndvungunyq 1780 1815, born c1760 had issue. He died 1815. HM King SOBHUZA I SOMHLOLO qv Prince Cebisa Prince Fetshane had issue. Prince Gobizembe Dlamini had issue. Prince Maqhubu Dlamini had issue. Prince Ciba Dlamini had issue. Prince Melashwa Dlamini Prince Magwegwe Prince Malunge had issue. Prince Jokovu Dlamini fl.1907 had issue. Prince Mambiwe Dlamini Prince Zikodze Dlamini had issue. Prince Mtsakatsi Dlamini Prince Soshangane Dlamini had issue. Prince Mnisi Dlamini fl.1935 had issue. Prince Madibhi Dlamini Bhekimpi Dlamini Prince Bhekimpi Alpheus Dlamini Born in 1924, he was the Prime Minister of Swaziland and Chief of Nkhaba. He was married with 16 children. He had issue died November 1999. Prince Majahenkhaba Dlamini had issue Pince Mgobo Prince Hawane Prince Mandla Dlamini Prince Sikhumbuzo Douglas Dlamini Prince Sithembiso Dlamini Prince Bheki Dlamini Prince Mbuso Dlamini Chief of Nkhaba designate. Had issue Prince Velemseni Prince Ngcaba Dlamini had issue. Prince Mfelafutsi Dlamini had issue. Prince Mgcumo Mkhubo Dlamini had issue. Prince Sipho Mgobo Dlamini had issue. Prince Sibusiso Dlamini born in 197 ... more details
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