`Never leave an enemy behind, or it will rise again to fly at your throat.” Such was the pragmatic philosophy of a despotic Zulu king and shrewd military tactician named Shaka, who, in the early 19th ...

SHAKA kaSenzangakhona is universally recognised as the founder of what would become known as the “Zulu nation”. He ruled from about 1817 until he was assassinated by his half-brothers in 1828. He’s ...

Shaka Zulu, the Big Chief of the Golden Feather Hunters and a renowned stilt dancer and drummer, was named one of 10 National Heritage Fellows in 2022 by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The ...

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