Person

Hamu kaNzibe

c. 1834–1887 · 19th century

Hamu kaNzibe was a Zulu prince, a son of King Mpande and a powerful chief in northern Zululand. A rival of his half-brother Cetshwayo, he defected to the British during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and was made one of the thirteen appointed chiefs in Wolseley's settlement. He sided with Zibhebhu against the royalist uSuthu in the civil war that followed.

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