Mfecane
The English word “Mfecane” has 1 meaning listed here.
proper noun
- A period of widespread chaos and warfare among indigenous ethnic communities in southern Africa between 1815 and about 1840.
Etymology
From Zulu mfecane (“crushing, scattering”).
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