King Mageba kaGumede (c. 1667c. 1745) was an early king of the

Zulu Kingdom The Zulu Kingdom (, ), sometimes referred to as the Zulu Empire or the Kingdom of Zululand, was a monarchy in Southern Africa. During the 1810s, Shaka established a modern standing army that consolidated rival clans and built a large following ...

. Mageba is said to have succeeded his twin brother King Phunga as leader of the Zulu clan on Phunga's death in about 1727. (This succession between close brothers is reflected by references in Zulu

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such as ''Zulu ka Phunga no Mageba!'' (''Zulus, children of Phunga and Mageba!'') Mageba had at least two sons: Ndaba, who succeeded him, and Mpangazitha. Mpangazitha married his

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, and it is from this marriage that the Mbatha clan as well as the Mageza clan descends.

External links

Official South African Government language portal: Zulu royal lineage
1660s births 1740s deaths Zulu kings 18th-century monarchs in Africa {{Africa-royal-stub fr:Chefs des Zoulous avant 1816