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Ndebele people (Zimbabwe)
The Matabele are a branch of the Zulus who split from King Shaka in the early 1820s under the leadership of Mzilikazi, a former general in Shaka's army. They are now more commonly known as the Ndebele or amaNdebele (and were commonly known as the Amandebele when under British ruleOfficial Yearbook of the Colony of Southern Rhodesia, 1924).
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