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King Dingane Ka Senzangakhona

BRONZES > King Dingane Ka Senzangakhona

1795 - 1840

King of the Zulus

King Dingane was the son of Senzangakhona and his sixth Queen, Mpikase. He reigned from 1828 after conspiring in the assassination of his half-brother Shaka, who in the early 1800s united numerous clans and tribes into the Zulu Empire.

After he became king, Dingane tried to obtain popular support for himself by ending conflicts in the area, but found it difficult to control the huge army he had inherited. He renewed Shaka's military policies and launched campaigns against his neighbours, including sending his army far north in the country against King Mzilikazi's Ndebele. However, none of his ventures were major successes.

His greatest problem in maintaining the strength of his Empire was the influx of Europeans into what is today KwaZulu-Natal. Shaka had already granted land to European traders at Port Natal (now Durban), and Dingane allowed European missionaries into the area in 1834, though they would not have much effect during his reign. It was the Bo

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Dingane kaSenzangakhona

Kraal Dingane

Dingane kaSenzangakhona (sekitar 1795-1840) adalah seorang kepala suku Zulu yang kemudian menjadi raja pada tahun 1828. Ia merebut kekuasaan setelah membunuh saudaranya, Raja Shaka, di tempat yang kini dikenal dengan nama Stanger. Perebutan kuasa ini terjadi karena kekejaman Shaka semakin menjadi-jadi selepas kematian ibunya, Nandi. Dari segi kemampuan militer dan kepemimpinan, Dingane tidak sehebat Shaka dan hal ini menyebabkan keretakan dalam kerajaannya. Kepimipinannya semakin terancam oleh kedatangan Voortrekkers, yaitu bangsa kulit putih Boer.

Pada tahun 1838, ia telah mengepung dan membunuh kurang lebih 500 orang Boer dan sebagai balasan kaum Afrikaner di bawah kepimpinan Andries Pretorius mengobarkan perang dan membunuh 3.000 pasukan Zulu dalam Pertempuran Sungai Darah.

Pada Januari 1840, Andries Pretorius, dengan pasukan yang terdiri 400 Burgher, membantu Mpande menjatuhkan Dingane dan ia menjadi raja Kerajaan Zulu dari 1840 hingga 1872. Setelah pasukan-pasukan Dingane banyak yang membelot selama Pertempuran Maqongqo,

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Dingane

King of the Zulu Kingdom

Dingane ka Senzangakhona Zulu (c. 1795–29 January 1840), commonly referred to as Dingane or Dingaan, was a Zulu prince who became king of the Zulu Kingdom in 1828, after assassinating his half-brother Shaka Zulu.^[2] He set up his royal capital, uMgungundlovu, and one of numerous military encampments, or kraals, in the eMakhosini Valley just south of the White Umfolozi River, on the slope of Lion Hill (Singonyama).

Rise to power

Dingane came to power in 1828 after assassinating his half-brother Shaka with the help of another brother, Umhlangana, as well as Mbopa, Shaka's bodyguard. They were traditionally said to have killed Shaka because of his increasingly brutal behaviour after the death of his mother, Nandi. The assassination took place at present-day KwaDukuza.^[3]

Governance and reverence

Captain Allen Gardiner related that Dingane was revered as the "great idol" of the Zulu nation, while a missionary, Rev. Francis Owen, who observed his rule at close quarters while stationed at Umgun