Shaka Zulu

ZuluZulu1816-1828

RealmZulu

Reign1816-1828

HouseZulu

LegacyMilitary innovator, Mfecane transformer

Biography

Shaka forged the Zulu from a minor clan, the iklwa short spear, the buffalo horns formation, regiments by age. His conquests and the refugee chains, the Mfecane, crashing peoples across southern Africa, the Basotho consolidation under Moshoeshoe, Ndebele flight to Zimbabwe. His mother Nandi death mourning decree, the tyranny, assassinated by half brothers 1828. The empire endured, Isandlwana 1879 his legacy defeating a British army.

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