Mzilikazi

King of Matabeleland

1790 CE to 1868 CE

Mzilikazi, also spelled Mosilikatze or Moselekatze, meaning "The Great Road" (ca.

1790 - 9 September 1868), is a Southern African king who founds the Matabele kingdom (Mthwakazi), Matabeleland, in what becomes Rhodesia and is now Zimbabwe.

He was born the son of Matshobana near Mkuze, Zululand (now part of South Africa), and dies at Ingama, Matabeleland (near Bulawayo, Zimbabwe).

Many consider him to be the greatest Southern African military leader after the Zulu king Shaka.

David Livingstone in his autobiography refers to him as the second most impressive leader he encountered on the African continent.

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