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Mfecane.

A period of widespread chaos and warfare among indigenous ethnic communities in southern Africa between 1815 and about 1840.

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  1. A period of widespread chaos and warfare among indigenous ethnic communities in southern Africa between 1815 and about 1840.

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From Zulu mfecane (“crushing, scattering”).

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