 The clans like the Mbokanes and others who accompanied the Dlamini kings were known as the "Bemdzabuko" or "true Swazi".The autonomy of the Swaziland nation was influenced by British and Dutch rule of southern Africa in the 19th and early 20th centuries.In 1881 the British government signed a convention recognising Swazi independence despite the Scramble for Africa that was taking place at the time.