- The Mfecane, also
known by the
Sesotho names Difaqane or
Lifaqane (all
meaning "crushing," "scattering," "forced dispersal," or "forced migration"), is...
-
Batlokwa whose attack on the
young chief Moshoeshoe's
settlement during Lifaqane (led by the
famous widow Mmanthatisi)
caused them to
migrate to present-day...
-
Moshoeshoe I,
Basotho joined other clans in
their struggle against the
Lifaqane ****ociated with
famine and the
reign of
Shaka Zulu from 1818 to 1828. The...
- Part of a
series on the
Culture of
Lesotho History Monarchs Lifaqane Free State–Basotho Wars
Basuto Gun War 1970 coup d'état 1986 coup d'état 1991 coup...
- Butha-Buthe Mountain,
joining with
former adversaries in
resistance against the
Lifaqane ****ociated with the
reign of
Shaka Zulu from 1818 to 1828.
Further evolution...
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caves which were used by the
celebrated cannibal,
Motlejoa during the
Lifaqane. The town
moved from Old Hoek to the
present location because of a certain...
- Shaka's day.[citation needed]
Mfecane (Zulu), also
known as the
Difaqane or
Lifaqane (Sesotho), is an
African expression which means something like "the crushing"...
-
fallout from this war led to the
catastrophe known as the
Mfecane (Difaqane,
Lifaqane, Mfeqane).
Battle of
Gqokli Hill (1818)
Battle of
Mhlatuze River (1819)...
-
southern Africa faced a
period of
significant political instability known as
Lifaqane.
Moshoeshoe had
united various Sotho speaking chieftainships into the Basuto...
- into a
single nation during a
period of
political turbulence known as
Lifaqane. He
transformed the
denigratory exonym of
Sotho into the name of the nascent...
