Gungunhana
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Ngungunyane, also known as Mdungazwe Ngungunyane Nxumalo, N'gungunhana, or Gungunhana Reinaldo Frederico Gungunhana, was a king of the Gaza Empire and vassal of the Portuguese Empire, who rebelled, wa
Ngungunhane when captured by the Portuguese colonial army in December, 1895
Gungunhana, with the seven wives taken with him as prisoners to Lisbon (photo taken in March, 1896)
Gungunhana being taken prisoner by Portuguese troops at Chaimite, 28 December 1895
Chaimite, Mozambique
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Chaimite is a village sacred to the Nguni people of the Gaza Empire, currently in Gaza Province, Mozambique. In the area in January 1896, Gungunhana, the last emperor of Gaza, was imprisoned by the Po
Gungunhana
…Lion of Gaza, he reigned from around 1884 to 28 December 1895, the day he was imprisoned by Joaquim Mouzinho de Albuquerque in the fortified village of Chaimite. Because he was already known to the European press, the Portuguese colonial administration decided to exile him, rather than send him to face a firing…
Monument to Gungunhana