In the 1820s, Shaka conquered neighboring chieftains throughout southeastern Africa to create a vast Zulu kingdom with himself at the head. Along the way, he killed and dispossessed thousands in a ...

A sketch of Shaka Zulu attributed to James Saunders King that appeared in Nathaniel Isaacs’s book, ‘Travels and Adventures in Eastern Africa.’ (Public domain) ‘The Jew Who Would Be King ...

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.

Shaka Zulu is one of the most storied figures in South African history. Believed to have been born around 1787, the man also known as uShaka kaSenzan. Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT.

He is the son of King Goodwill Zwelithini, who died last year after a 50-year reign, and a descendant of the family of King Shaka Zulu, whose bloody conquest to unite the Zulu kingdom two ...

Shaka Zulu is one of the most famous figures in South African history, even though not much is actually known about him. The subject of a hit 1980s TV show and many books, Shaka is reframed by each ...

How a 19th-century British Jew became a Zulu chieftain and slaveholding warlord In new book ‘The Jew Who Would Be King,’ historian Adam Rovner tells the story of Nathaniel Isaacs, who survived ...