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Born	c.1836 • South Africa
Died	c.1894 • Bulawayo • Zimbabwe
Title / Office	king (1870-1893), Matabeleland
Notable Family Members	father Mzilikazi

Mzilikazi

king of the Ndebele

Cecil Rhodes

Cecil Rhodes

prime minister of Cape Colony

Sir Hercules Robinson

Sir Hercules Robinson

British colonial governor

Joshua Nkomo

Joshua Nkomo

Zimbabwean political leader

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Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon in Coronation Robes or Napoleon I Emperor of France, 1804 by Baron Francois Gerard or Baron Francois-Pascal-Simon Gerard, from the Musee National, Chateau de Versailles.

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