Nandi, mother of Shaka and wife of Senzangakoma, dies of dysentery in her royal kraal at Mkinkini, halfway between modern Melmo

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01Kruger, D.W. (ed) (1972). Dictionary of South African Biography, Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council, v. 3, p. 650

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South African History Online. (2012, August 27). Nandi, mother of Shaka and wife of Senzangakoma, dies of dysentery in her royal kraal at Mkinkini, halfway between modern Melmo. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092233

South African History Online (2012) 'Nandi, mother of Shaka and wife of Senzangakoma, dies of dysentery in her royal kraal at Mkinkini, halfway between modern Melmo', South African History Online, 27 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092233 (Accessed: 26 September 2026).

South African History Online, Nandi, mother of Shaka and wife of Senzangakoma, dies of dysentery in her royal kraal at Mkinkini, halfway between modern Melmo [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092233, (accessed 26 September 2026).

"Nandi, mother of Shaka and wife of Senzangakoma, dies of dysentery in her royal kraal at Mkinkini, halfway between modern Melmo." South African History Online, 27 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092233. Accessed 26 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Nandi, mother of Shaka and wife of Senzangakoma, dies of dysentery in her royal kraal at Mkinkini, halfway between modern Melmo." South African History Online. August 27, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0092233.