Kaka War (Merveilles du Monde Map Game)

The Kaka War ( Hondo Yehama, lit. "Battle of the Brethren") is an ongoing civil war in the southern African state of Nyazwe. It is the first and largest war waged within the history of the Shona people, spanning most of pre-war Nyazwe. It began with the collapse of Nyazwe's dominance in the majority-Nguni south, where the Shona minority in the cities beyond the Limpopo River were dragged into a rebellion against the north by several Nguni ministers who had been promoted to positions of leadership by the Zvakane Akashinga.

Upon his death in 1357, Akashinga's youngest son, Wataida, denounced his father's failure to suppress the ambitions of the rebel ministers, and joined a faction of disillusioned rebels in the city of Malumba known as the Mutape clans. The Mutape belonged to a large group of wealthy landowners who demanded more local autonomy within their region, believing that the rapid expansion of Nyazwe pulled the attention of Akashinga and the Hamadzese away from the home territories. This rebellion had been brewing since 1354, and only reached critical levels in 1357, when the Mutape allied themselves with the Nguni ministers south of the Limpopo, resulting in ten of the eighteen districts of Nyazwe declaring their independence from Lusvingo.