Soshangane
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Soshangane was an African general who established the Gaza kingdom in Mozambique in the 1830s. He was a Ndwandwe general who fled Zululand after being defeated by Shaka during the Zulu-Nguni wars, known as the Mfecane.12
Soshangane expanded his territory between the Komati and Zambezi rivers. He incorporated local Tsonga and Shona peoples into a Zulu-style state and made the Portuguese tributary. The Gaza kingdom lasted until 1897, when internal tensions led to its overthrow by the Portuguese.12
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…Mozambique in the 1830s by Soshangane, the Ndwandwe general who fled from Zululand after his defeat at the hands of Shaka during the Zulu-Nguni wars known as the Mfecane. Soshangane extended his control over the area between the Komati (Incomati) and the Zambezi rivers, incorporating the local Tsonga and Shona…
Read More…Mozambique in the 1830s by Soshangane, the Ndwandwe general who fled from Zululand after his defeat at the hands of Shaka during the Zulu-Nguni wars known as the Mfecane. Soshangane extended his control over the area between the Komati (Incomati) and the Zambezi rivers, incorporating the local Tsonga and Shona…
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MozambiqueEffects of the slave trade…later known as Ngoni) 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 into southern Mozambique, where it eventually consolidated itself into the Gaza state. In the 1860s a succession struggle between the sons…
Read More…later known as Ngoni) 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 into southern Mozambique, where it eventually consolidated itself into the Gaza state. In the 1860s a succession struggle between the sons…
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