Gaza people

Gaza people

The Gaza were Nguni people who left what is now South Africa in the early 1800s and settled in Gazaland in what is now Southern Mozambique. An early leader was Soshangane ("circa" 1828), under whom they migrated somewhat further North to the Save River area.


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