| LC control no. | no2009174433 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Labotsibeni, Queen of Swaziland, approximately 1858-1925 |
| Variant(s) | Labotsibeni, Gwamile Mdluli, Queen of Swaziland, approximately 1858-1925 Labotsibeni, Mdluli, Queen of Swaziland, approximately 1858-1925 Labotsibeni, Queen of Swaziland, ca. 1858-1925 Mdluli, Labotsibeni, Queen of Swaziland, approximately 1858-1925 |
| Associated country | Zombodze (Swaziland) |
| Birth date | 1858~ |
| Death date | 1925 |
| Place of birth | Luhlekweni (Swaziland) |
| Place of death | Zombodze (Swaziland) |
| Affiliation | African National Congress |
| Profession or occupation | Regents Queens |
| Found in | Power and gender in Southern African history, c1999 t.p. (Queen Labotsibeni Gwamile Mdluli of Swaziland) Hist. dict. of Swaziland, 2000: (Mdluli, iNdlovukazi (also Queen Regent) Labotsibeni (c. 1858-1925); less commonly referred to by her proper name, Gwamile) New encyclopedia of Africa, 2008: v. 4, p. 551 (Queen Labotsibeni was regent from 1899 to 1921) Labotsibeni/Gwamile Mduli, 1997 Encyclopedia of African history, 2005: v. 2, p. 788 (Labotsibeni (c. 1858-1925); queen mother of Swaziland, 1890-1899; queen regent of Swaziland, 1899-1921; Gwamile, her popular name, was a name of honor) p. 790 (d. Dec. 5, 1925) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed April 23, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Labotsibeni; Gwamile; queen mother, queen regent; born 1858 in Luhlekweni, Swaziland; became one of the wives of King Mbandzeni; presided over Swazi politics as queen mother and queen regent (1889-1921); had great influence during the reign of her son, Bhunu (1895-1899); opposed the incursions of the Boer-led South African Republican administration into Swaziland (1895); became queen regent for Bhunu's six-month-old son Mona (later Sobhuza II) (1899); helped ensure Swaziland's relative independence from Boer republic and the British Empire; created a fund to build a school in Zombodze; hired a special tutor for Crown Prince Sobhuza II, then sent him and eight young men to missionary school Lovedale in South Africa (1915); resisted attempts by South Africa to gain control of Swaziland; assisted African National Congress (ANC) for publication of the ANC newspaper, Abantu Batho; died December 1925 in Zombodze) |
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