The Mfecane, also known by the Sesotho names Difaqane or Lifaqane (all meaning "crushing," "scattering," "forced dispersal," or "forced migration"), [1] was a historical period of heightened military conflict and migration associated with state formation and expansion in Southern Africa. The exact range of dates that comprise the Mfecane varies ...

Mfecane, series of Zulu and other Nguni wars and forced migrations of the second and third decades of the 19th century that changed the demographic, social, and political configuration of southern and central Africa and parts of eastern Africa. The Mfecane was set in …

2018年8月31日 · Mfecane refers to a period of political disruption and population migration in Southern Africa during the 1820s and 1830s.

This letter quotes an Mfecane who identifies his people as ‘Masotu’ and ‘Manguana’. ‘Mattuana’ was identified as their chief. Shaka was named as the cause of their flight south.Google Scholar

The Mfecane was a time of wars and migrations in southern Africa in the early 1800s. The people involved belonged mainly to Zulu and other Nguni groups. Mfecane means “destruction” or “crushing” in the Zulu language. In the Sesotho language, the events were known as the Difaqane, which means “forced migration.”

2011年11月13日 · Historians later applied the term “Mfecane” to this complex and revolutionary period, and as an explanatory concept it gradually assumed the status of an entrenched historical orthodoxy. Popularly, the Mfecane is associated most closely with the military reforms and conquests of Shaka, the first Zulu king.

2020年3月6日 · The Mfecane, also known as the Difaqane or Lifaqane, was a period of widespread chaos and warfare among indigenous ethnic communities in southern Africa during the early 19th century. This era, roughly spanning from 1815 to 1840, led to significant social, political, and geographical changes, reshaping the region in profound ways.

Abstract The mfecane refers to the wars and migrations which took place in southern Africa between the 1810s and 1840s. Historians have long debated its causes, as well as drawn radically different conclusions from it about the “nature” of Africans.

The Zulu State & the Mfecane Thomas Spear 5118 Humanities 263-1784/233-6867 tspear@facstaff. wisc.edu An unusual wealth of information exists for studying processes of state formation in Southern Africa in the early 19th century, and a fierce debate rages over their interpretation. The

2024年9月20日 · Mfecane, a term often translated as “the Crushing” or “the Scattering,” refers to a period of widespread upheaval, migration, and conflict that swept across Southern Africa during the early 19th century.