Mfecane
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The Mfecane was a historical period of heightened military conflict and migration associated with state formation and expansion in Southern Africa. It resulted from the complex interplay of pre-existi
An early painting of the first migration of the Fengu, one of the affected peoples of the Mfecane
Fengu people
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The Fengu or amaMfengu are a group of clans whose ancestors were refugees that fled from the Mfecane in the early- to mid 1800s to seek land and protection from the Xhosa. These refugees were assimila
Mfecane
…An early painting of the first migration of the Fengu, one of the affected peoples of the Mfecane The Mfecane was a historical period of heightened military conflict and migration associated with state…
Photograph of Fengu military leader Veldtman Bikitsha 1891
Fengu settlers circa.1835
The Fengu people, known across southern Africa as skilled gunmen, were invaluable allies of the Cape in its frontier wars.
Fengu village in Cape Town in the 1870s