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Inkosi uCetshwayo kaMpande (/kɛtʃˈwaɪ.oʊ/; Zulu: [kǀétʃwajo kámpande]; c. 1826 – 8 Nhlolanja 1884) wayeyiNkosi Yombuso WamaZulu kusukela ngonyaka we-1872 kuya kowe-1879 futhi engumholi wawo ngesikhathi sempi ye-Anglo-Zulu yonyaka we-1879. Igama lakhe been transliterated as Cetawayo, Cetewayo, Cetywajo and Ketchwayo. He famously led the Zulu nation to victory against the British in the Impi YaseSandlwana.

Impilo Ekuqaleni

UCetshwayo wayeyindodana yenkosi yamaZulu inkosi uMpande^[1] kanye neNdlovukazi uNgqumbazi, half-nephew of Zulu king Shaka and grandson of Senzangakhona kaJama. In 1856 he defeated and killed in battle his younger brother Mbuyazi, Mpande's favorite, at the Battle of Ndondakusuka. Almost all Mbuyazi's followers were massacred in the aftermath of the battle, including five of Cetshwayo's own brothers. Like Nero, he killed his own mother, and then caused several persons to be executed because they did not show sufficient sorrow at her death.^[2] Following this he became the effective ruler of the Zulu people. He did not ascend to the throne, however, as his father was still alive. Stories from that time regarding his huge size vary, saying he stood at least between 6 feet 6 inches tall (198 cm) and 6 feet 8 inches tall (203 cm) and weighed close to 25 stone (350 lbs; 158 kg).

References

↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cetywayo". Encyclopædia Britannica. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 776–777.
↑ Henry Haggard "Cetywayo and his White Neighbours."

[[Category:Abafileyo 1884]] [[Category:Zulu kings]]

[1] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cetywayo". Encyclopædia Britannica. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 776–777.

[2] Henry Haggard "Cetywayo and his White Neighbours."

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