Second Matabele War

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The Second Matabele War was an 1896–1897 uprising by the Ndebele (Matabele) people in what is now Zimbabwe against colonial rule, marking a major early resistance to British expansion in southern Africa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-colonial rebellion
uprising
war
aftermath entrenchment of settler land ownership
further marginalization of African populations
alsoKnownAs Second Matabele War
surface form: Matabele Uprising of 1896–1897

Shona uprisings of 1896–1897
surface form: Matabeleland Rebellion
cause forced labor policies
imposition of hut taxes
land dispossession
loss of Ndebele sovereignty
resistance to British colonial rule
chronology occurred shortly after the First Matabele War
conflictBetween British Empire
British South Africa Company
Ndebele people
endDate 1897
follows First Matabele War
hasCommander Cecil Rhodes
Frederick Carrington
Robert Baden-Powell
hasEthnicGroupInvolved Ndebele people
surface form: Ndebele

Shona people
surface form: Shona
hasLeader Lobengula’s former indunas
Mlimo (spiritual leader)
hasParticipant British South Africa Company forces
British imperial troops
Ndebele people
Shona people
locatedIn Matabeleland
Rhodesia
surface form: Southern Rhodesia

present-day Zimbabwe
militaryTechnologyUsed Maxim gun
surface form: Maxim guns

rifles
opposedBy colonial administration of Southern Rhodesia
partOf history of Southern Africa
history of Zimbabwe
relatedTo British South Africa
surface form: British South Africa Company rule in Rhodesia

Kingdom of Matabele
surface form: Ndebele Kingdom
result British victory
consolidation of colonial rule in Southern Rhodesia
defeat of Ndebele resistance
increased British South Africa Company control
significance important episode in Zimbabwean nationalist memory
major early resistance to British expansion in southern Africa
significantEvent Rhodes’s indaba in the Matopos Hills
siege of Bulawayo
startDate 1896

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British South Africa linkedToConflict Second Matabele War
Leander Starr Jameson participantIn Second Matabele War
First Matabele War followedBy Second Matabele War
First Matabele War followedBy Second Matabele War
this entity surface form: Matabeleland Rebellion of 1896–1897
Shona uprisings of 1896–1897 temporalRelation Second Matabele War
this entity surface form: concurrent with Ndebele uprising of 1896–1897
Second Matabele War alsoKnownAs Second Matabele War
this entity surface form: Matabele Uprising of 1896–1897
Kingdom of Matabele event Second Matabele War
House of Khumalo associatedEvent Second Matabele War
Shangani Patrol incident category Second Matabele War
this entity surface form: Battles involving the British South Africa Company
Khumalo dynasty conflict Second Matabele War
British South Africa Company forces conflict Second Matabele War