Dingiswayo (Zulu pronunciation:[diŋɡisʷaːjo]) (c. 1760 – 1817) (born Godongwana) was a Mthethwa King, well known for his mentorship over a young Zulu general, Shaka Zulu, who rose to become the greatest of the Zulu Kings. His father was the Mthethwa King, Jobe kaKayi.[1] It was under King Dingiswayo that the Mthethwa rose to prominence, mostly employing diplomacy and assimilation of nearby chiefdoms to strengthen his power base. According to Mthethwa (1995), the Mthethwas are descended from the Nguni peoples of northern Natal and the Lubombo Mountains, whose modern identity dates back some 700 years.[2]
^Ade Ajayi, J. F. (1998). Africa in the Nineteenth Century Until the 1880s: Volume 6 of General history of Africa. University of California Press. pp. 102-104. ISBN 0520067010.
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Oyengweni Dingiswayo (Zulu pronunciation: [diŋɡisʷaːjo]) (c. 1760 – 1817) (born Godongwana) was a Mthethwa King, well known for his mentorship over a young...
showing much prowess as a general in the army (impi) of Mthethwa king Dingiswayo in the Ndwandwe–Zulu War of 1817–1819. The Zulu impi is popularly identified...
ibutho lempi (fighting unit/regiment), serving as a warrior under Inkosi Dingiswayo. King Shaka further refined the ibutho military system with the Mthethwa...
Zulus were a small clan in the Mthethwa confederation which was ruled by Dingiswayo. Senzangakhona’s name is derived from the Zulu word meaning "he who acts...
successor, Dingiswayo, leader of the Mthethwa Paramountcy. When Senzangakona died, Dingiswayo helped Shaka become king of the Zulu. After Dingiswayo's death...
Mthethwa Paramountcy was consolidated and extended under the rule of Dingiswayo. The chief entered into an alliance with the Tsonga to the north in the...
Ambitious in expanding Nxumalo supremacy, Zwide was a prominent rival to Dingiswayo, king of the Mthethwa and his famous general and protégé, Shaka kaSenzangakhona...
became the Mfecane. Zwide defeated the Mthethwa and executed Chief Dingiswayo. Dingiswayo was a mentor to King Shaka. He took him in together with his mother...
King Zwide, the Ndwandwe nation destroyed the Mthethwa under their king Dingiswayo, and the power vacuum was filled by Shaka Zulu and the Zulu tribe. In...
Mthethwa kingdom, Dingiswayo, and his protégé Shaka Zulu. In the course of an attempted invasion of Zwide's territory, Dingiswayo was captured and put...
kaSenzangakhona (1787–1828), son of Senzangakhona, chief c. 1816 to 1828 After Dingiswayo's death at the hands of Zwide, king of the Ndwandwe, around 1818, Shaka...
Shaka, as the Zulu commander of the Mthethwa Empire and successor to Dingiswayo, united what was once a confederation of tribes into an imposing empire...
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KwaZulu-Natal. The state was consolidated and extended under the rule of Dingiswayo who produced a disciplined and highly organised army for the first time...
Shaka. Originally part of the early nineteenth century Mtetwa Empire of Dingiswayo, the Zulus united, expanded and founded an independent empire under King...
ruled by Sobhuza I, while the third was the Mthethwa confederacy ruled by Dingiswayo. The three large states were ruled by paramount Chiefs who exacted tributes...
he had with the Methodist Church over his recruitment of John Wesley Dingiswayo, a black preacher whom had been expelled by the church, he could not successfully...
dramatic circumstances. Shaka founds the Zulu Kingdom. The Mthethwa king Dingiswayo is killed by the Ndwandwe king Zwide. The power vacuum is filled by the...
a warrior with the Mthethwa people. The Mthethwa paramount chieftain Dingiswayo helped Shaka become recognized as head of the Zulus after Senzangakhona...
of Zimbabwe. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-04268-9. Juma, Dingiswayo (October 16, 2019). "TRADITIONAL ZIMBABWEAN MBIRA CEREMONY CALLED "BIRA""...
Nandi Main Senzo Radebe Senzangakhona kaJama Main Thembinkosi Mthembu Dingiswayo Main Dawn Thandeka King Mkabayi kaJama Main Lemohang Tsipa Shaka Kasenzangakhona...
(Nb: a tree is called "isihlahla" in the Hlubi language. In 1818 King Dingiswayo of( AbaThethwa Kingdom) attacked and looted the AmaNgwane clan whom, to...
away and had settled with and gained the favour of the Mthethwa chief, Dingiswayo. Learning of Shaka's desire to seize the throne and aware of Shaka's military...
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