Impi yamaNdwandwe – Zulu yango-1817 – 1819 kwakuyimpi eyalwa phakathi koMbuso wamaZulu owawanda kanye nesizwe samaNdwandwe eNingizimu Afrika . AmaZulu ekuqaleni ayewumphakathi ohlangene wobuzwe owawuthuthele ethafeni elisempumalanga yeNingizimu Afrika yanamuhla; baba yisizwe esinamandla sesizwe ikakhulu ngenxa yemizamo yesikhulu esizimele esigama linguShaka (c. 1787 – 1828, wabusa 1816 – 1828). Insizwa eyayihlubuka, uShaka wayehlukaniswe nobaba wakhe, owayeyinduna yakwaZulu ogama lakhe kwakunguSenzangakhona, futhi waba yimpi nabantu bakwaMthethwa.Isikhulu esikhulu sakwaMthethwa uDingiswayo wasiza uShaka ukuba abonakale njengenhloko yamaZulu ngemuva kokushona kukaSenzangakhona ngo-1816. Lezi zikhulu ezimbili zazingabangani abakhulu, futhi amaqhawe azo alwa ndawonye elwa nezitha ezivamile, njengamaNdwandwe eholwa yiNkosi uZwide.Ngemuva kokuthi uDingiswayo ebanjiwe wabulawa nguZwide, abantu bakwaMthethwa bazifaka ngaphansi kukaShaka bathatha igama lesiZulu.UShaka waguqula izindlela zomdabu zokulwa ngokwethula umkhonto omfushane wokugwaza , njengesikhali nangokuhlela amaqhawe emikhakheni eqeqeshelwe ukulwa eyayiseduze kakhulu nezihlangu ezinkulu zesikhumba senkomo.EMpini yaseGqokli Hill ngo-1817, amabutho akhe namasu akhe kwehlula isibalo esiphakeme sabantu bakwaNdwandwe, abahluleka ukubhubhisa amaZulu lapho behlangana okokuqala.