What is Defaqane/Mfecane?, What were the political, social and economic causes of Mfecane or Defaqane?
By Mlungisi Zwelihle Gumede what is Defaqane/ Mfecane? Mfecane was the violent upheaval amongst the Bantu speaking people of 19th century to South Central and East Africa. The word Difaqane means force scattering, dispersal and or forced migration of people. Lifaqane was the period of wide spread, chaos and warfare among indigenous people in southern Africa during 1815 and 1840s. The word Means is derived from the Xhosa term "ukufaqa" to become thin as the results of hu get and in isizulu means scattering and crashing. Mfecane was the forced migration that indicated the dramatic development period in South African History which began after 1815 and lasted until 1830s. In this case there fore one can trace the causes of Mfecane from the definition of the term Mfecane. What were the causes of Mfecane? Mfecane was partly caused by the changes in the Nguni group that resulted in the development of Zulu nation. Stronger groups near them. Began to absorb or dominate weaker g