Makalaka is a general designation used by the

Bechuana The Tswana ( tn, Batswana, singular ''Motswana'') are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group native to Southern Africa. The Tswana language is a principal member of the Sotho-Tswana language group. Ethnic Tswana made up approximately 85% of the pop ...

, Matabele and kindred peoples, for conquered or

slave Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perf ...

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...

s. Thus, many of the tribes subjugated by the

Makololo The Kololo or Makololo are a subgroup of the Sotho-Tswana people native to Southern Africa. In the early 19th century, they were displaced by the Zulu, migrating north to Barotseland, Zambia. They conquered the territory of the Luyana people and ...

chief,

Sebetwane Sebetwane (between about 1790 and 1800 – July 7, 1851) was chief of the Patsa branch of the Bafokeng clan. He established the large and powerful Makololo nation in what is now southwestern Zambia after an arduous migration of over 1200 kil ...

(or Sebituane, or Setitwane) in about 1830 were called Makalaka. The name is more frequently used to designate the

Makalanga Makalanga is a settlement in Kenya's Coast Province. "Makalanga" is also used to denote a Mashona tribe, also called the Makalaka, according to Wikipedia article Makalaka Makalaka is a general designation used by the Bechuana, Matabele an ...

, one of the tribes mistakenly classed as Mashonas, who were brought into subjection by the Matabele.

Notable people

Uwini Uwini was Makalaka leader from Zimbabwe. He was considered a divinity. He was in the resistance against the British colonialism and was accused of participating in the murder of white settlers by the British South Africa Company. He was tried by c ...

, a Makalaka leader

References

David Livingstone David Livingstone (; 19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873) was a Scottish physician, Congregationalist, and pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, an explorer in Africa, and one of the most popular British heroes of t ...

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, London, 1857 *{{EB1911, wstitle=Makalaka, volume=17, page=451 Slavery in Africa History of Africa