Matabele
/ˌmatəˈbiːli
/noun
The Ndebele people collectively, particularly those of Zimbabwe.Today it is the Matabele in Zimbabwe who are particularly suffering....
- There is no love lost between the Matabele and the other major tribe.
- The Matabeles are an off-shoot of the once mighty Zulus who conquered most of southern Africa in the early 19th Century.
Origin
From Sotho matebele, singular letebele, the name given to this people.