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- The Mfecane, also known by the Sesotho names Difaqane or Lifaqane (all meaning "crushing," "scattering," "forced dispersal," or "forced migration"), was...
- of battles. King Shaka's reign coincided with the start of the Mfecane/Difaqane ("upheaval" or "crushing"), a period of devastating warfare and chaos in...
- and what is now known as the 'time of troubles' (previously known as 'Difaqane'). During the early 19th century Shaka raided many smaller chiefdoms along...
- the Zulu king Shaka.[citation needed] The Tswana areas are disrupted by Difaqane raids. Battle of Dithakong - MaNthatisi repulsed by Tlhaping with help...
- this period as the difaqane ("forced migration"); while Zulu-speakers call it the mfecane ("crushing"). The full causes of the difaqane remain in dispute...
- thousand years as migrations within the region continued, culminating in the Difaqane in the late 18th century. European contact first occurred in 1816, which...
- against other Nguni tribes and clans, setting in motion what became known as Difaqane or Mfecane, a m****-migration of tribes fleeing the remnants of the Ndwandwe...
- clans that came together under the leadership of Moshoeshoe during the Difaqane. The Sotho-Tswana clans that stay in the Free State and Lesotho speak a...
- Hunting Trade and the Reconstruction of Northern Tswana Societies after the Difaqane, 1838–1880". South African Historical Journal. 36: 220–239. doi:10.1080/02582479708671276...
- Mzilikazi and his Matabele in what was known as the Mfecane, and also by the Difaqane, in which three tribes roamed across the land attacking settled groups...