Mzilikazi

Who was Mzilikazi?

Mzilikazi, also spelled Mosilikatze, William Hob., or Moselekatze, meaning "The Great Road", was a Southern African king who founded the Matabele kingdom, Matabeleland, in what became Rhodesia and is now Zimbabwe. He was born the son of Matshobana near Mkuze, Zululand, and died at Ingama, Matabeleland. Many consider him to be the greatest Southern African military leader after the Zulu king Shaka. David Livingstone in his autobiography referred to him as the second most impressive leader he encountered on the African continent.