Soshangane

Soshangana Ka Gasa Zikode (c.1780 – c.1858), born Soshangana Nxumalo, was the Founder and the Monarch of the Gaza Empire, which at the height of its power stretched from the Limpopo river in southern Mozambique up to the Zambezi river in the north. Soshangana ruled over the Gaza state from 1825 until his death in 1858. Soshangana was also known by the name of Manukosi.

Soshangana Ka Gasa Zikode
First Monarch of the Gaza Empire
Reign1825-1858
SuccessorMzila
BornSoshangana Nxumalo
c. 1780 (1780)
Present-day KwaNongoma, KwaZulu
Died1858 (aged 7778)
Chaimite, Gaza Empire
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