Mageba kaGumede
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King Mageba ka-Mjokwane (Born:1667-Died:1745) was an early king of the Zulu Kingdom.
King Mageba Ka-Mjokwane is said to have succeeded his twin brother King Phunga Ka-Mjokwane as leader of the Zulu clan on King Phunga's death in about 1727. (This succession between close brothers is reflected by references in Zulu praise poetry such as Zulu ka Phunga no Mageba! (Zulus, children of Phunga and Mageba!) King Mageba Ka-Mjokwane had at least two sons: Ndaba, who succeeded him, and Prince Mpangazitha ka-Mageba. Prince Mpangazitha ka-Mageba married his cousin, and it is from this marriage that the Mbatha-clan as well as the Mageza-clan descends.
In popular culture
[edit]Mageba is mentioned in the 1981 Juluka song "Impi" about the decisive Battle of Isandlwana against British colonial forces.
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