Lozikeyi Dlodlo: Queen of the Ndebele : a Very Dangerous and Intriguing Woman

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African Books Collective, 2010 - Biography & Autobiography - 310 pages
In 1999, a defiant 76-year old Mr Stanley Mhlanga confronted the Zimbabwean Forestry Commission. He claimed that Queen Lozikeyi had given his people the land from which they had been evicted. Who was this woman, an inspiration to an old man 80 years after her death? Queen Lozikeyi was the senior queen of Lobhengula, king of the Ndebele people in what is now Zimbabwe. Her early life has been wreathed in mystery, but now at last her story can be told. This book is one of the first studies of a woman who led her people while the British colonial power occupied her country. She was the intellect behind one of the most effective anti-colonial revolts. Queen Lozikeyi continues to be an inspiration to Zimbabweans today. Queen Lozikeyi, as an Ndebele royal woman, interited a strong constitutional position from Nguni royal foremothers in Zululand. This study shows how Lobhengula's senior queen and other Ndebele royal women uses their power.
 

Contents

List of Illustrations
7
Why write a biography of Queen Lozikeyi?
9
Acknowledgements
12
Part One Queen lozikeyi Dlodlo
14
Part Two The Queen who kept the nation together
111
Family Trees
283
Appendices
287
Glossary
318
Bibliography
324
Index
339
Back cover
365
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