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    The Mfecane, also known by the Sesotho names Difaqane or Lifaqane (all meaning "crushing," "scattering," "forced dispersal," or "forced migration"), was...
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    settlement at Table Bay, and in 1795 and 1806, the British occupied it. The Mfecane, a period of significant upheaval, led to the formation of various African...
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    However, the notion of the mfecane or difaqane has been disputed by some scholars, notably Julian Cobbing. The Mfecane was initiated by Zwide and his...
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    Shaka (category Mfecane)
    number of battles. King Shaka's reign coincided with the start of the Mfecane/Difaqane ("upheaval" or "crushing"), a period of devastating warfare and...
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    so and were fairly prosperous. This equilibrium came to end during the Mfecane period, 1823–1843, when a succession of invading peoples from South Africa...
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    Sotho people have split into different clans over time as a result of the Mfecane (a series of wars and migrations that took place in the 19th century) and...
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    colonialists in the Cape and increased militarisation of the Zulu resulted in the Mfecane (the crushing). The Zulu expanded by assimilating the women and children...
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  • Grahamstown, the missionary work of the LMS, and arrival of English settlers. "Mfecane" (Lion): Details the lifestyles of the various tribes in the Natal region...
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    Nguni tribes and clans, setting in motion what became known as Difaqane or Mfecane, a mass-migration of tribes fleeing the remnants of the Ndwandwe fleeing...
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    established in the wake of Mzilikazi's depopulation of the region during the mfecane. Various small to medium-sized businesses, overnight facilities, farm houses...
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  • historian to attempt to discredit conventional historical beliefs about the 'Mfecane' - a period of wars during the 1820s and 1830s that resulted in the emergence...
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    inhabitants because the thinking went, they had all fled in the face of the Mfecane. The Boers believed that the land was deserted and abandoned and therefore...
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    Rustenburg (section Mfecane)
    Rustenburg (/ˈrʌstənbɜːrɡ/; Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈrœstənbœrχ], Afrikaans and Dutch: City of Rest) is a city at the foot of the Magaliesberg mountain...
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  • 2007. "Background to the Mfecane". countrystudies.us/south-africa U.S. Library of Congress. 20 November 2006. "Zulu Rise & Mfecane". bbc.co.uk The Story...
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  • Character and Objects of Chaka': A Reconsideration of the Making of Shaka as 'Mfecane' Motor, The Journal of African History, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 37-63. Manfred...
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    of Muizenberg Battle of Blaauwberg Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814 1815–1910 Mfecane 1820 Settlers Great Trek Boer Republics Transvaal Civil War Mineral Revolution...
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    later alternative form of note were conformed around the "1830s concept of Mfecane", trying to hide and ignore the intrusion of Europeans on Bantu lands,...
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  • the massive political and social upheaval within southern Africa, the mfecane, lasting until the 1830s. IsiNgqumo is an argot spoken by the homosexuals...
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  • most famous issue was Mzilikazi and Mbulazi, an influential figure in the mfecane, and founder of the Northern Ndebele nation of Zimbabwe (mthwakazi) Until...
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    earlier. The Mthethwa were amongst the first Nguni Chiefdoms to use guns. Mfecane Zululand Muzi Mthethwa (1995), "The History of abakwaMthethwa, Research...
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  • the Free State province of South Africa, fled northwards to escape the Mfecane under King Shaka Zulu (died 1828). They employed tactics learned from the...
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  • the 19th century Dutch settlers formed various Boer Republics, while the Mfecane ravaged the region and led to the establishment of various African kingdoms...
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    clans grew more autonomous. Maravi was invaded by Ngoni people fleeing the Mfecane and was frequently raided by the neighboring Yao people (East Africa),...
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    generals), who left the Zulu Kingdom in the early 19th century, during the Mfecane, arriving in present-day Zimbabwe in 1839. Although there are some differences...
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    rises to power over the Zulu Kingdom. Zulu expansion was a major factor of the Mfecane ("Crushing") that depopulated large areas of southern Africa....
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  • the British traders with whom he interacted. It also covers the broader Mfecane period alongside the rapid expansion of the Zulu state. The story is described...
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    tableau Gukurahundi Herero and Nama genocide Ikiza Maji Maji Rebellion Mfecane Americas (history) Conquest of the Desert Enslavement Forced sterilization in...
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  • fled the area. This dispersal of the northern Nguni clans was called the Mfecane. Zwangendaba led his people, then called the "Jele", on a wandering migration...
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    29 FW  RSA Ashley Cupido 30 DF  RSA Mogamad De Goede 31 DF  RSA Khaya Mfecane 32 GK  RSA Aden Dreyer 33 FW  RSA Chumani Butsaka 34 MF  RSA Liam Bern...
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