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Zwangendaba Jele
Zwangendaba Gwaza kaZiguda Jele Gumbi, commonly known as Zwangendaba (1785–1848), was the first king of the Ngoni and Tumbuka of Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania, from the Jere Ngoni clan. He reigned from 1815 to 1848.https://wap.org.ng/read/notable-wives-and-royal-sons-of-nguni-king-mmbelwa-i/ Zwangendaba was the elder brother of Somkhanda kaZiguda Jele, also known as Gumbi, who founded the Gumbi clan in KwaZulu-Natal in areas around Pongola. Zwangendaba was initially part of the Ndwandwe Kingdom under King Zwide. However, after defeating the Ndwandwe forces, Zwangendaba and his clan, the Jele, broke away. This event occurred during the Mfecane - a period of mass migration among the northern Nguni peoples. Zwangendaba led his people on a migration, which lasted over 1,000 miles (1,600 km), spanning over two decades. Their journey took them through what is now northern South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi, ultimately reaching the western part of Tanzania. Zwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwaza Jele
Prince Gwaza Jele (c. 1791–1857) was a Jele prince and young brother of King Zwangendaba of the Ngoni and Tumbuka of the Jere Ngoni Clan. He was the first born son of King Zwangendaba Hlatshwayo Jele. He died in July 1857 and his son, M'Mbelwa I, inherited his position the same year.JNPC, interview, M Jere, (incumbent chief Mzukuzuku, Mzimba district), 1 May 2021; E Mgomezulu, 16 July 2021.JNPC, interview, B Jere, 5 March 2021. The current king of the Ngoni is his great-grandson, M'Mbelwa V. See also * Ngoni Kingdom * Zwangendaba Jele Zwangendaba Gwaza kaZiguda Jele Gumbi, commonly known as Zwangendaba (1785–1848), was the first king of the Ngoni and Tumbuka of Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania, from the Jere Ngoni clan. He reigned from 1815 to 1848.https://wap.org.ng/read/not ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Jele, Gwaza 1857 deaths Ngoni kings 19th-century monarchs in Africa 18th-century monarchs in Africa 1790s births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zimbabwe
file:Zimbabwe, relief map.jpg, upright=1.22, Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east. The capital and largest city is Harare, and the second largest is Bulawayo. A country of roughly 16.6 million people as per 2024 census, Zimbabwe's largest ethnic group are the Shona people, Shona, who make up 80% of the population, followed by the Northern Ndebele people, Northern Ndebele and other #Demographics, smaller minorities. Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, with English, Shona language, Shona, and Northern Ndebele language, Ndebele the most common. Zimbabwe is a member of the United Nations, the Southern African Development Community, the African Union, and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa. The region was long inhabited by the San people, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monarchies Of Zambia
A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, reigns as head of state for the rest of their life, or until abdication. The extent of the authority of the monarch may vary from restricted and largely symbolic (constitutional monarchy), to fully autocratic ( absolute monarchy), and may have representational, executive, legislative, and judicial functions. The succession of monarchs has mostly been hereditary, often building dynasties; however, monarchies can also be elective and self-proclaimed. Aristocrats, though not inherent to monarchies, often function as the pool of persons from which the monarch is chosen, and to fill the constituting institutions (e.g. diet and court), giving many monarchies oligarchic elements. The political legitimacy of the inherited, elected or proclaimed monarchy has most often been based on claims of representation of people and land through some form of relation (e.g. kinship) and divine right or other achieved status. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
