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Coverage includes interregional conflicts and leadership transitions, the evolution of territorial boundaries, and shifts in governance culminating in independence and post-independence adjustments. Rich supporting materials—maps, photographs, diagrams, and reference sections—strengthen historical context and help trace key events and institutions across periods.","# A History of\n\nSwaziland  \nTHIRD EDITION  \nDrJSM Matsebula◆  \nDigitized by the Internet Archivein 2022 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation  \n# A History ofSwaziland\n\n◆DrJSM Matsebula●  \nLONGMAN  \nMaskew Miller Longman (Pty)LtdHoward Drive,Pinelands,7405,Cape Town  \nAssociated companies,branches and representativesthroughout the world  \n◎Longman Penguin Southern Africa(Pty)Ltd 1972,1976,1988  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may bereproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted inany form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or otherwise,without the prior permissionof the Publishers.  \nFirst published 1972Third edition 1988Third impression 2000  \nISBN 0582031672  \nCover photograph by Garth R.LumleyDiagrams by D.BagnallMaps by E.Waugh  \nSet in 10/12 pt Zapf Book Light by ProSet-FlexoplateReproduction by ProSet-FlexoplatePrinted by Creda Communications,Eliot Avenue,Eppindust I,Cape TownR9073  \nTo those who have gone beforeAnd to those who are going forward.  \n\"The Past is the Best Prophet of the Future.\"  \n(C.J.Uys)  \n\"Writing is one thing and knowledge is another.Writing is the photographof knowledge but is not knowledge itself.Knowledge is a light that is inman.It is the heritage of all that our ancestors have known,and it is thegerm they transmit tous,just as the baobab-tree is potentially in its seed.\"  \n(Tierno Bokar)  \nContents  \nList of photographsviList of maps andfiguresviiForewordixPreface to the first editionXPreface to the third editionxiAcknowledgementsxiii1 The first inhabitants of Swaziland12 The reign of Sobhuza I203 Zulu raids294 Zwangendaba and the aNgoni335 The reign of Mswati I386 Ludvonga is chosen king617 The reign of Dlamini IV(Mbandzeni)698 Shepstone becomes resident agent929 Demarcation of Swaziland's boundaries11810 The reign of Bhunu or Ngwane V14811 The regency of Labotsibeni17212 Britain assumes control of Swaziland17713 The orders-in-council19114 The reign of Sobhuza II19615 The independence question22516 Post independence24817 South Africa-Swaziland border adjustment27818 Appointment and coronation of King Mswati II29919 Ncwala33020 Swazi marrying-in339  \nAppendix A:Some important datesAppendix B:List of executive officersBibliographyIndex  \n346  \n353  \n355  \n367  \nPhotographs  \npageMbekelweni royal village97Theophilus (Offy)Shepstone97Some members of the 'White committee'98Queen Regent Tibati in conference with the Joint commission98King Ngwane V(Bhunu)151The Swazi delegation to London,1894159The Swazi government of 1898159Malunge delegation,1907187Land question delegation of 1923187The Swazi royal family,1910197King Sobhuza taking the oath at his installation197His Majesty,the late King Sobhuza I198King Sobhuza II,Paramount Chief Kgari Sechele II andKing 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