Northern Ndebele people
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The Northern Ndebele people are an ethnic group native to Zimbabwe.
Matebele warrior in dancing dress, by Thomas Baines
Mzilikazi
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Mzilikazi KaMashobane, also known as Mzilikazi Khumalo and recorded in some colonial sources as Moselekatse, meaning "The Great Road", was a Southern African king and founder of the Northern Ndebele,
Northern Ndebele people
…while maintaining its Nguni roots, has been influenced by the Sotho languages. The Northern Ndebele, specifically the Khumalo (amaNtungwa) people under Mzilikazi, were originally named Matebele in English. This name is common in older texts because it is the name the British first heard from the Sotho and Tswana…
Mzilikazi, as portrayed by William Cornwallis Harris, c. 1836
Mzilikazi's memorial
Mzilikazi's grave