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The migration proceeded across the Zambezi in 1835 on a day when there was a total eclipse of the sun. | The migration proceeded across the Zambezi in 1835 on a day when there was a total eclipse of the sun. | ||
Their journey took them through the areas now known as Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi, to the western part of Tanzania, where Zwangendaba set up a base at Mapupo. The Ngoni, once a small tribe, extended their dominion even further through present-day Zambia, Tanzania and Malawi when they fragmented into five separate groups following his death. | Their journey took them through the areas now known as Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi, to the western part of Tanzania, where Zwangendaba set up a base at Mapupo. The Ngoni, once a small tribe, extended their dominion even further through present-day [[Zambia]], Tanzania and Malawi when they fragmented into five separate groups following his death. | ||
== External sources == | == External sources == | ||
* [http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/zulu/zwangendaba1818.htm Capsule account of Zwangendaba's migration] | * [http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/zulu/zwangendaba1818.htm Capsule account of Zwangendaba's migration] | ||
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[[Category:1785 births]] | [[Category:1785 births]] | ||
[[Category:1848 deaths]] | [[Category:1848 deaths]] | ||
[[Category:Tribes of Zambia]] | [[Category:Tribes of Zambia]] | ||
