Sobhuza II

SWZ - Government
... the throne in 1986 after the death of his father King Sobhuza II in 1982 and a period of regency ... head of state, with real power counterbalancing that of the king, but during the long reign of Sobhuza II the role of the Ndlovukati became more. 1968, Swaziland adopted a Westminster-style constitution, but in 1973 King Sobhuza II on the advice of parliament at the time suspended it due to widespread complaints by citizens of the ...

Swaziland - Government
... who ascended to the throne in 1986 after the death of his father King Sobhuza II in 1982 and a period of regency ... of the king, but during the long reign of Sobhuza II the role of the Ndlovukati became more symbolic ... adopted a Westminster-style constitution, but in 1973 King Sobhuza II on the advice of parliament at the time suspended it due to widespread complaints by ...

Sobhuza II - Biography
... Sobhuza succeeded Ngwane V as Paramount Chief of Swaziland on 10 December 1899, when he was only a few months old ... Only Pepi II Neferkare of Ancient Egypt and Taejo of the ancient Korean kingdom of Goguryeo are claimed to have reigned longer, though these claims are disputed ... Sobhuza's personal reign of over 60 years (1921–82) saw Swaziland's independence from Great Britain in 1968, after which he was styled King of Swaziland ...

Hilda Kuper
... to study in Swaziland, Kuper befriended King Sobhuza II who, together with Malinowski, helped to settle her into place at the Royal village of Lobamba, where she would pursue her research. 1969 she won a Guggenheim fellowship, and in 1978 published an extensive, official biography of Sobhuza II, King Sobhuza II, Ngwenyama and King of Swaziland ...