King Jama kaNdaba (c. 1727–1781), the son of

Ndaba kaMageba King Ndaba ka-Mageba was the King of the Zulu Kingdom. He was the son of King Mageba, and was king of the Zulu for nine years from 1745 succeeding Mageba kaGumede King Mageba kaGumede (c. 1667c. 1745) was an early king of the Zulu Kingdom. Mageb ...

, was king of the

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from 1763 to 1781. It is alleged he prophesied the birth of

King Shaka Shaka kaSenzangakhona (–24 September 1828), also known as Shaka (the) Zulu () and Sigidi kaSenzangakhona, was the king of the Zulu Kingdom from 1816 to 1828. One of the most influential monarchs of the Zulu, he ordered wide-reaching reforms ...

. His grandfather was King Mageba kaGumede.

Biography

His

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is derived from the Zulu word meaning "he of the stern countenance".

Marriage

He married, amongst others, Mthaniya KaSibiya, who bore him

Senzangakhona Senzangakhona kaJama (c. 1762 – 1816) was the king of the Zulu Kingdom, and primarily notable as the father of three Zulu kings who ruled during the period when the Zulus achieved prominence, led by his oldest son King Shaka. Biography Hi ...

, who succeeded him. Senzangakhona was the father of the three Zulu kings, including the greatest,

Shaka Shaka kaSenzangakhona (–24 September 1828), also known as Shaka (the) Zulu () and Sigidi kaSenzangakhona, was the king of the Zulu Kingdom from 1816 to 1828. One of the most influential monarchs of the Zulu, he ordered wide-reaching reform ...

. He also had a daughter named

Mkabayi kaJama Princess Mkabayi kaJama (c. 1750–1843) was a Zulu princess, the head of the Qulusi military kraal, and a regent of the Zulu Kingdom. She persuaded her father, the Zulu King Jama kaNdaba, to remarry, and acted as a regent during the reign of ...

. Another daughter was

Mawa kaJama Mawa kaJama ( – 1848) was a Zulu princess who was a prominent opponent of her nephew King Mpande. After Mpande began a purge of his opponents in June 1843, Mawa fled with up to 50,000 refugees to the British Colony of Natal, significantly depop ...

His daughter Mkabayi

Mkabayi singlehandedly courted Mthaniya for her father Jama who was aging without having a successor. She did this without her father's knowledge and when he found out he said: "Nenzengakhona", which means "you have done accordingly." Mthaniya's first son was named Senzangakhona – "we have done accordingly", after his sister's efforts to find her father a successor. Mkabayi was a

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and Zulu custom dictated that one of the twins be

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d to evade bad

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that would result in the death of one of the

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s.''The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History'', Volume 1 by Bonnie G. Smith Jama refused to kill one of his girls and broke a known tradition. Consequently, his wife died without bearing him a successor. Mkabayi devoted her whole life in looking after the

due to the sacrifice her parents made for her to live.

Sources

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