Impis

Impi é o termo em língua zulu para um homem armado.[1] Contudo é usado frequentemente para designar um regimento ou corpo de exército, que em zulu é ibutho.

Os primeiros impis foram formados pelo rei Shaka,[1] que tinha observado esta prática durante o seu exílio no clã dos mtétuas, quando lutou no exército do rei Dingiswayo na guerra mtétua-anduandué, no início de 1810.

Equipamento

Os impis usavam um sistema de uniforme caraterizado por escudos de proteção. Usavam uma pequena lança chamada azagaia.

Referências

  1. ↑ a b Lloyd Tomos Jack Roberts (2023). ‘The Ghosts of their Impis’: Violence, the Construction of Zulu Masculinity, and British Imperialism in South Africa. [S.l.]: Universidade de Leeds 

Bibliografia

  • Avril Price-Budgen, Martin Folly, People in History, Mitchel Beazley Publishers, 1988 - ISBN

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