WARRIORS
Warriors of South Africa
Maqoma (1798-1873) – Xhosa
Chief Maqoma (Jongumsobomvu) is the most renowned Xhosa chief and arguably one of Africa’s greatest military leaders of the 19th Century. Young Xhosa warrio ...
Doman (unknown-1663)–Goringhaiquas (Khoekhoen)
Nommoa, commonly known as Doman, established himself as a resistance leader. Warrior Leader DomanSketch of the statue at the Castle of Good Hope The firs ...
Shaka (1787-1828) – Zulu
King Shaka is said to be one of the greatest military leaders in African history, and perhaps all of history. Shaka’s father was Senzangakhona, his mother was ...
Ngonyama Langalibalele I (c.1814–1889) – Hlubi
Langalibalele (literally "the sun is boiling hot", taken to mean "sunny day"), also known as Mtetwa, was king of the amaHlubi from c. 1836 to 1889. The ...
Dabulamanzi kaMpande (1839–1886) – Zulu
Dabulamanzi was a Zulu commander in the Anglo-Zulu War. He is most noted for commanding the Zulus at the Battle of Rorke's Drift, after earlier taki ...
Kgosi Sechele (1812-1892) – Tswana
Kgosi Sechele (also known as Setshele) was the rule of the baKwêna (Koena or Kwena) in the period 1829-1892. A portrait of Sechele ICredit: Gustav Theodor ...
King Mzilikazi (1790-1868) – Ndebele
King Mzilikazi kaMashobane Khumalo, founder of the Ndebele people and founder of the Matabele Kingdom. His name meaning “the Great Road”. Mzilikazi t ...
King Moshoeshoe (c.1786-1870) – Sotho
Moshoeshoe was the son of Mokhachane, chief of the Ba-Mokoteli branch of the Koena/Kwena (Crocodile) clan. In 1851 a British force was defeated by the Sotho arm ...