peplum - a flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse. 2. peplum - a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist.
) Mfecane war. According to Davies,(2003)The word Mfecane is from Zulu words meaning âCrushingâ, a period of wide spreading warfare plundering,disturbances,destruction and migration in Zulu land and in other parts of south Africa.
Causes of the Mfecane. Please sign up to read full document. Topic â Discuss the causes of the Mfecane, taking into consideration the variety of historiography on this event. Although no one can pinpoint exactly what caused the Mfecane, most believe the causes emerged at the end of the eighteenth and the start of the nineteenth centuries. Based on the historiography covering this event, historians believed many elements caused the Mfecane.