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Dingiswayo (Zulu pronunciation: [diŋɡisʷaːjo]) (c. 1760 – 1817) (born Godongwana) was a Mthethwa King, well known for his mentorship over a young Zulu general, Shaka kaSenzangakhona, who rose to become the greatest of the Zulu Kings. His father was the Mthethwa King, Jobe kaKayi.
Dingiswayo (died c. 1817) was an African chief or king of the Mthethwa of Southern Africa. Few hard facts are known about Dingiswayo, but it is clear that he was dominant during the first two decades of the 19th century (though he may have been influential in the 1790s, or even earlier).
Chief Dingiswayo was a paramount chief of the Mthethwa and leader of various northern Nguni groups who lived in the Zululand area before Shaka. He acquired a horse and gun from a European traveller and opened trade with the Portuguese at Delagoa Bay. He supported Shaka's rise to power and became his rival for the chieftainship.
Search for: 'Dingiswayo' in Oxford Reference ». (died 1817)Founder of the Zulu kingdom. In 1807 he became chief of the Mthethwa in the present northern Natal. By conquering neighbouring Nguni peoples he made himself paramount over all surrounding groups and established a rudimentary military state, developing trade with Mozambique.
8 de abr. de 2024 · When Shaka was 23, Dingiswayo, the Mthethwa paramount chieftain, called up Shaka’s Dletsheni age group for military service. For the next six years, he served with brilliance as a warrior of the Mthethwa Empire.
Shaka usurps the Zulu Chiefdom. On the death of Shaka's father (c. 1816), Dingiswayo lent his young protégé the military support necessary to oust and assassinate his senior brother Sigujana, and make himself chieftain of the Zulu, although he remained a vassal of Dingiswayo.
Dingiswayo (c. 1770–1817), king of the Mthethwa people in southeastern Africa and patron of Shaka Zulu before the latter’s elevation to the Zulu kingship, was born uNgodongwana (the correct Zulu spelling of his name, which is more commonly but inaccurately rendered as “Godongwana”), the son of the Mthethwa king Jobe.
