Lobengula

/ ˌləʊbənˈɡjuːlə /

noun

Lobengula?18361894MMatabelePOLITICS: hereditary ruler ?1836–94, last Matabele king (1870–93); his kingdom was destroyed by the British

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Buluwayo was not to be destroyed, as it would serve again as the royal kraal for Lobengula, who had returned to life again.

After the death of Mzilikazi, his son, Lobengula, became King.

And, after all, was this annexation of the dominions of poor Lobengula a conquest?

The natives here claim that she was his chief wife and the mother of Lobengula, the king.

He had been a prominent soldier under King Lobengula, and also remembered the first king, Mzilikazi.

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