Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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See how one group fleeing the Zulu ended up forming a mighty empire all their own in modern-day Mozambique.
This video is a part of a multi-channel Untold Black History collaboration! Check out the other videos here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLivC9TMdGnL8Nnt6Ra8JPQUzHCPI9tcUE

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Music used:
"The Complex" by Kevin MacLeod

Notes:
- There weren't too many specific dates on when the Portuguese seized the coastline, so I went with after the civil war since that was when the empire began declining.

Sources:
- Eldredge, Elizabeth A. The Creation of the Zulu Kingdom, 1815–1828: War, Shaka, and the Consolidation of Power. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- Okoth, Assa. A History of Africa: African societies and the establishment of colonial rule, 1800-1915. Kenya: East African Educational Publishers, 2006.
- Vandervort, Bruce. Wars Of Imperial Conquest In Africa, 1830-1914. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2006.