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Black history month post: Shaka, Zulu king

Feb 15, 2017 21:59

Black history month post: Shaka, Zulu kingShaka, also spelled Chaka or Tshaka (born c. 1787-died Sept. 22, 1828), Zulu chief (1816-28), founder of Southern Africa’s Zulu Empire. He is credited with creating a fighting force that devastated the entire region. His life is the subject of numerous colourful and exaggerated stories, many of which are ( Read more... )

history, black history month, africa, south africa

Comments 6

meadowphoenix February 16 2017, 03:35:29 UTC

No need to apologize OP, these are wonderful whenever they come.

soleiltropiques February 16 2017, 21:34:04 UTC

Thank you! I'm so glad you like them. :-)

bnmc2005 February 16 2017, 18:59:57 UTC

I love these posts. Thank you.

soleiltropiques February 16 2017, 21:34:23 UTC

Thank you! I'm really glad you like them! :)

golden_bastet February 17 2017, 02:31:31 UTC

I really appreciate the info; definitely something I didn't know about. And it includes some background info about tribes and names that I did know about.

But *man* was that a cutthroat world. Guess insane despots can be found any time, anywhere...

soleiltropiques February 23 2017, 02:23:27 UTC

(Oops, I missed this comment earlier. :)

Thank you! I'm glad you liked the post.

I posted about him because he was an important historical figure (and utterly brilliant, military).

But yeah, iac that it's also important to note that he did really horrible things.