Tibati Madvolomafisha Nkambule (d. 1895), was the Queen Regent and Indlovukati of

Swaziland Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no ...

from 1889 until 1894 following the death of King

Mbandzeni Mbandzeni (also known as Dlamini IV, Umbandine, Umbandeen) (1855–1889) was the King of Swaziland from 1872 until 1889. Ngwenyama, Ingwenyama Mbandzeni was the son of Mswati II and Nandzi Nkambule. His mother the wife of King Mswati had died wh ...

(Dlamini IV). Tibati has been called "strong, traditionalist and well respected among her peers".Hugh Gillis, ''The Kingdom of Swaziland: Studies in Political History'', 1999, Greenwood Publishing Group, page 82 She led the country during the tumultuous period before the kingdom was placed under the administration of the

South African Republic The South African Republic ( nl, Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, abbreviated ZAR; af, Suid-Afrikaanse Republiek), also known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer Republic in Southern Africa which existed from 1852 to 1902, when it ...

in 1894.

References

19th-century African people 19th-century women rulers Women rulers in Africa Queens regnant Swazi monarchs 1895 deaths {{Swazi Monarchs