- 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...
- this
period as the
difaqane ("forced migration");
while Zulu-speakers call it the
mfecane ("crushing"). The full
causes of the
difaqane remain in dispute...
-
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...
- Sotho-Tswana
people lived in this area for
roughly 300
years before the 1815-1840
Difaqane and the 1815-1816
volcanic winter. They
farmed sorghum,
maize and cattle...
-
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...
- the Zulu king Shaka.[citation needed] The
Tswana areas are
disrupted by
Difaqane raids.
Battle of
Dithakong -
MaNthatisi repulsed by
Tlhaping with help...
-
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...
-
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...
