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Lozikeyi Dlodlo. Queen of the Ndebele
Contributor(s): Clarke, Marieke (Author), Clarke, Merieke Faber (Author), Nyathi, Pathisa (Author)
ISBN: 0797442669     ISBN-13: 9780797442665
Publisher: Amagugu Publishers
OUR PRICE:   $65.84  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: July 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Africa - South - General
- Biography & Autobiography | Royalty
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
Dewey: 923
LCCN: 2010307659
Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.98 lbs) 338 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
 
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Publisher Description:
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.