Mzila

Mzila, a son of Soshangane, won the throne of Gaza after a war of succession with his brother Mawewe and reigned from about 1861 until 1884. He shifted the centre of the empire northward toward the Zambezi highlands and consolidated Nguni rule over the Tsonga populations of the interior and the coast. He was the father of Ngungunyane, the last independent king of Gaza.

Parentage

• parent: SoshanganeGerhard Liesegang, 'Nguni Migrations' (1970), Gaza dynastic succession (secondary)

Children

• Ngungunyane

Domains

• kingship

Powers

• rules the Gaza empire

Relations

• parent: SoshanganeGerhard Liesegang, 'Nguni Migrations' (1970), Gaza dynastic succession (secondary)
• child: NgungunyaneNgungunyane, his son, was the last king of Gaza.Douglas L. Wheeler, 'Gungunyane the Negotiator', Journal of African History 9.4 (1968) (secondary)

Sources

• Mzila, a son of Soshangane, won the throne of Gaza after a war of succession with his brother Mawewe and reigned from about 1861 until 1884, shifting the empire's centre northward and consolidating Nguni rule over the Tsonga; he was the father of Ngungunyane.: Gerhard Liesegang, 'Nguni Migrations between Delagoa Bay and the Zambezi, 1821-1839', African Historical Studies 3.2 (1970) (secondary); Patrick Harries, Work, Culture, and Identity (1994) (secondary)