Mzilikazi

King of Matabeleland (c. 1790–1868)

Mzilikazi KaMashobane (c. 1790 – 9 September 1868), also known as Mzilikazi Khumalo and recorded in some colonial sources as Moselekatse, meaning "The Great Road", was a Southern African king and founder of the Northern Ndebele, or Matabele, kingdom in what is now Southern Zimbabwe, also known as the Mthwakazi kingdom. Born near Mkuze in present-day KwaZulu-Natal, Mzilikazi led his followers north from Zululand during the Mfecane, incorporating peoples of other tribes along the way, and established a powerful kingdom in the region later known as Matabeleland.

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