King Faku ka Ngqungqushe
AmaMpondo Kingdom
Reign1818 To 1867
PredecessorKing Ngqungqushe kaNyawuza (Father)
SuccessorKing Mqikela kaFaku (Son) in the Eastern Kingdom
King Ndamase kaFaku (Son) in the Western Kingdom
Born1789
Died29 October 1867
SpouseQueen Manqayiya (first wife)
IssuePrince Ndamase kaFaku
Prince Mqikela kaFaku
Prince Mbangatha kaFaku

Faku Ka-Ngqungqushe, son of King Ngqungqushe kaNyawuza was the last ruling monarch of the United AmaMpondo Kingdom[1] in Southern Africa from 1818-1867.[2] During his reign, King Faku consolidated and unified several groups and expanded the territory he had inherited from his father.[1] In 1844, he forged an alliance with the Cape Colony and encouraged British colonization of Natal, thus ensuring his own kingdom would have boundaries that were defined according to Western standards at the time. The kingdom was eventually annexed by the British Empire, became part of the Cape Colony and is today a section of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

References

  1. 1 2 Stapleton, Timothy J. Faku. Rulership and Colonialism in the AmaMpondo Kingdom. Wilfrid Laurier Uni Press. 2001.
  2. ↑ Kropf, Albert. Das Volk der Xosa-Kaffern im östlichen Südafrika nach seiner Geschichte, Eigenart, Verfassung und Religion. Evang. Missions-Gesellschaft. Berlin:1889. p75


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