Did king lobengula want war

lobengula did not want war,nor was he keen to quarrel with the whites. HE was however tricked in believing that the whites had came to save him and his empire through missionaries.It is to great extend valid that Lobengula was a VICTIM OF CALCULATED DECEPTION,there was nothing he could have done to avert colonisation for it was an already drafted plan that was planned at the Berlin conference and unfortunately the Ndebele State was 'sphere of influence'.