The Mfecane

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Lesotho
gptkb:Mozambique
gptkb:Swaziland
gptkb:Zimbabwe
gptkb:modern-day_South_Africa
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Lifaqane
gptkb:Difaqane
gptkbp:causedBy competition for land
rise of the Zulu Kingdom
population pressures
gptkbp:characterizedBy gptkb:migration
gptkb:war
widespread chaos
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Mfecane
gptkbp:impact altered ethnic distributions
influenced colonial expansion
reshaped political landscape of Southern Africa
gptkbp:involves gptkb:Ndebele
gptkb:Xhosa
gptkb:Zulu
gptkb:Swazi
gptkb:Sotho-Tswana
Nguni-speaking peoples
gptkbp:ledTo displacement of communities
formation of new states
depopulation of regions
gptkbp:mainlyOccurredBetween 1815
1840
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Moshoeshoe_I
gptkb:Mzilikazi
gptkb:Shaka_Zulu
gptkbp:occurredIn gptkb:Southern_Africa
gptkbp:period early 19th century
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Great_Trek
Zulu expansion
colonialism in Southern Africa
gptkbp:resultedIn expansion of the Zulu Kingdom
creation of the Basotho nation
creation of the Ndebele Kingdom
gptkbp:studiedIn African history
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:historical_event
books
academic articles
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Black_South_Africans
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6