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Name: Kingdom of Nxaba

Type: Polity

Start: 1825 AD

End: 1837 AD

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Was a kingdom created by Nguni people in Mozambique.

Establishment


  • January 1825: Nguni armies, Southern (Xhosa) and especially Northern Nguni (Zulu, Swazi, Shangani, Gaza, Matabele or Ndebele, and Ngoni) people who speak related Bantu languages and inhabit southeast Africa from Cape Province to southern Mozambique, began to migrate to Mozambique from what is now South Africa. One Nguni chief, Nxaba, established a short-lived kingdom inland from Sofala.
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    1. Events


  • January 1826: In 1825, Sotshangane Nxumalo, the grandson of Gaza Nxumalo, established the polity of AmaGaza in Manica, Mozambique.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1838: The short-lived kingdom of Nxaba, plagued by internal dissension, collapsed in 1837 under the attacks of Soshangane.
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