Lobengula (lō'bĕng-g
`lə), c.1833–94, king of Matabeleland (now in Zimbabwe). After succeeding his father (1870), he tried to turn aside the approaches of European colonizers. In 1888, however, under pressure from Cecil Rhodes Rhodes, Cecil John (sĕs`ĭl, rōdz), 1853–1902, British imperialist and business magnate.
..... Click the link for more information. , he ceded his mineral rights in exchange for small payment, and Rhodes used those concessions to form the British South Africa Company (1889). When British gold miners began appearing, Lobengula rallied his people and in 1893 attacked the British. The results were disastrous for the Ndebele Ndebele (ĕndəbē`lē) or Matabele
..... Click the link for more information. (Matabele); Lobengula died while fleeing north.
Lobengula
`lə), c.1833–94, king of Matabeleland (now in Zimbabwe). After succeeding his father (1870), he tried to turn aside the approaches of European colonizers. In 1888, however, under pressure from Cecil Rhodes Rhodes, Cecil John (sĕs`ĭl, rōdz), 1853–1902, British imperialist and business magnate...... Click the link for more information. , he ceded his mineral rights in exchange for small payment, and Rhodes used those concessions to form the British South Africa Company (1889). When British gold miners began appearing, Lobengula rallied his people and in 1893 attacked the British. The results were disastrous for the Ndebele Ndebele (ĕndəbē`lē) or Matabele
..... Click the link for more information. (Matabele); Lobengula died while fleeing north.
Lobengula
(born c. 1836, Mosega, Transvaal—died January 1894, near Bulawayo, Rhodesia) Second and last king of the South African Ndebele nation. Son of the founder of the Ndebele kingdom, Mzilikazi, Lobengula succeeded to the throne in 1870 after a period of civil war. He attempted to form an alliance with the British, granting them first farming (1886) and then mineral (1888) concessions. Not satisfied, the British South Africa Co. under Cecil Rhodes undertook a military expedition that destroyed the Ndebele kingdom in 1893. See also Khama III.
Lobengula
?1836--94, last Matabele king (1870--93); his kingdom was destroyed by the British
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