Lobengula Khumalo

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Lobengula Khumalo was the second and last king of the Ndebele (Matabele) Kingdom in what is now Zimbabwe, known for his resistance to British colonial encroachment in the late 19th century.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ndebele king
human
king
monarch
alsoKnownAs Lobengula
Lobengula
surface form: Lobengula of Matabeleland
associatedWithEvent Shangani Patrol incident
birthDate c. 1845
birthPlace Matabeleland
near Old Bulawayo
capitalCityDuringReign Bulawayo
conflict First Matabele War
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Matabele
surface form: Ndebele Kingdom
deathDate c. 1894
deathPlace in the region north of the Shangani River
near the Zambezi River
dynasty Khumalo dynasty
ethnicGroup Ndebele people
surface form: Northern Ndebele people
father Mzilikazi kaMashobane
gender male
historicalRegion Matabeleland
southern Africa
house House of Khumalo
languageSpoken Northern Ndebele
surface form: Ndebele
legacy symbol of early African resistance to colonialism in Zimbabwean history
mother Fulatha Tshabalala
name Lobengula Khumalo self-link
notableFor being the second and last king of the Ndebele Kingdom
conflict with the British South Africa Company
involvement in the Rudd Concession
resistance to British colonial expansion
role in the First Matabele War
opponent British South Africa Company
Cecil Rhodes
positionHeld Lobengula
surface form: King of Matabeleland

Lobengula
surface form: King of the Ndebele
predecessor Mzilikazi kaMashobane
reignEnd 1894
reignStart c. 1870
religion traditional African religion
signed Rudd Concession
successor none (monarchy effectively ended)
territoryRuled Matabeleland
parts of what is now Zimbabwe

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Matabeleland associatedPeople Lobengula Khumalo
Bulawayo foundedBy Lobengula Khumalo
Lobengula Khumalo name Lobengula Khumalo self-link