The economic and social effects of the Ngoni invasion on the people of East Africa and Southern Tanganyika
Ngoni were a group of Nguni people who migrated from South Africa. The invasion of South Africa by the Dutch was part of the target movement of various groups of the Ngoni known as the Great Trek. Following the rise of Shaka in Zulu land and his nation building techniques compelled the Ngoni to migrate to East Africa. They belonged to the Bantu speaking people and they were the largest out of South Africa who had settled in the South East of South Africa. They left land in 1790 and moved northwards disrupting communities they came across like the Shona. The Ngoni invasion was an outcome of Mfecane that occurred in South Africa. The Zwangendaba led the first group and the largest out of South Africa in 1821 and by 1822 hey had temporary settled among the Isonga people. In Mozambique using the military experience of the Zulu. Zwangendaba proved too strong for the Isonga but did not settle in the area. By1840 the Zwangendaba group had settled in Ufipa plateau in South Tanganyika thu...