Mkabayi kaJama ( c 1750- 1843) bekayinkosatane yebukhosi bakaZulu. Ngekwemlandvo lococwako Mkabayi watalwa aliwele, kantsi ngekwelisiko nemtsetfo wakaZulu bekumele kubulawe linye lalamawela kute kugwenywe emabhadi nelilaka lwemadloti, kodvwa inkosi yakaZulu Jama yenta lokuphambene nelisiko ngukubasindzisa bobabili, Mkabayi nadzadzewabo Mama. Ngaleso sizatfu, kanye nekuba nesimilo lesinemandla kunadazewabo, Mkabayi wakhula atondzwa sive semaZulu kantsi futsi bekasolwa ngekuletsa emabhadi ebukhosi.[1]

Ngekwemlandvo lococwako, kutsiwa ngo-1777, abona kutsi uyise inkosi uyaguga anganayo indvodzana, Mkabayi wahamba wayofunela Jama, angati, umfati lotomtalela indlalifa. Kuloku Jama sekaganwa nguMthaniya wakaSibiya lowamtalela indvodzana leyacanjwa kutsi nguSenzangakhona lokusho kutsi “senze ngokufanele" ngekubona umtamo waMkabayi wekucinisekisa kwekuchubeka kwebukhosi bakaZulu.[2] [3]

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