- 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...
- 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...
-
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...
- 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...
-
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...
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Zululand during the late 18th and
early 19th
centuries (the
mfecane or
difaqane wars), and as a result, an
offshoot of the Zulu kingdom, the
Ndebele (often...
-
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...
- or
displacing many
other peoples. However, the
notion of the
mfecane or
difaqane has been
disputed by some scholars,
notably Julian Cobbing. The Mfecane...
