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Realm · approximate borders · 1840–1893

Mthwakazi (Ndebele kingdom)

Kingdom founded by Mzilikazi's Northern Ndebele, who settled between the Sanyati and the Limpopo in 1838–40 after leaving the Transvaal; it raided the Shona to the east. The British South Africa Company invaded it in November 1893.

Source: Wikipedia 'Mthwakazi'.

See Mthwakazi (Ndebele kingdom) on the map in 1840

On the map
1840–1893
Capital
Bulawayo

Rulers named in the sources

African kingdoms and states, 430–1911

Besides the large empires and the colonial powers, Africa had many other states: the Berber kingdoms of late-Roman Mauretania and the Aurès; the Wolof states of Senegambia, the Fula imamates, Kaabu and the Moorish emirates; Kong, the Mossi kingdoms, Dagbon, Denkyira, Akwamu, Dahomey and Benin; the Hausa kingdoms, Nupe, Kebbi, Agadez, Damagaram and Baguirmi; the Ethiopian, Gibe and Somali sultanates and kingdoms, the Shilluk, Kilwa and Pate; Buganda, Bunyoro, Rwanda and Burundi; Loango, Ndongo, Matamba, Kasanje, Kuba, Luba, Lunda and Kazembe; Mapungubwe, Great Zimbabwe, Mutapa, Butua and the Rozvi; and Maravi, Gaza, the Nguni and Sotho kingdoms, the Lozi and the Sakalava. Dates and rulers come from cited reference articles. Few pre-colonial African frontiers were ever surveyed or described, and many of these states ruled people and trade routes more than fixed territory.

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