Lozikeyi Dlodlo (died 1919) was a queen regent [1] of the Ndebele people in Southern Africa.
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| Died | 1919 |
Lozikeyi Dlodlo (died 1919) was a queen regent [1] of the Ndebele people in Southern Africa.
| Lozikeyi Dlodlo | |
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| Queen of Ndebele | |
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| Died | 1919 |
Lozikeyi was one of the favourite wives of Lobengula, [2] and a senior queen, until 1893. She had no sons, only daughters, yet even so was influential in the attempt to have the son of a co-wife serve as her husband's successor. She was known for her outspokenness [3] and for her defiance of the white settlers in what would later become Rhodesia. [4] When her husband disappeared, she served for a time as de facto regent of the kingdom. [5] Her place of retirement in the Bembezi River was an island which came to be known as the "Queen's Location". [3] Lozikeyi died at Nkosikazi in Bubi District of influenza; [5] her grave in the vicinity may still be visited, although its condition has been described as "neglected". [6] Nearby is a school for which she lobbied and which she opened; it still serves students, although it has not been modernized. [4] She was the subject of a biography, Lozikeyi Dlodlo Queen of the Ndebele: "A Very Dangerous and Intriguing Woman" by Marieke Faber Clarke and Pathisa Nyathi, published in 2013. [7] Four photographs of her are in the collection of the Bodleian Library in Oxford, [8] which featured her in an exhibit during the construction of a new wing. [9]
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