Shaka Zulu
Also known as Shaka, Chaka o Shaka, Shaka kaSenzangakhona
Shaka kaSenzangakhona ( – 24 September 1828), also known as Shaka (the) Zulu () and Sigidi kaSenzangakhona, was the king of the Zulu Kingdom from 1816 to 1828. One of the most influential monarchs of the Zulu, he ordered wide-reaching reforms that reorganized the military into a formidable force.
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Shaka was a Zulu king who ruled from 1816 to 1828 and fundamentally transformed the kingdom through military reforms that created a powerful fighting force. He is considered one of the most influential Zulu monarchs because of the wide-reaching changes he implemented during his reign.
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29 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Expansion of power and conflict with Zwide
- Death
- Social and military revolution
- Weapons changes
- Mobility of the army
- Logistic support by youths
- Age-grade regimental system
- "Bull horn" formation
- Discipline
- Shaka's methods versus European technology
- Creator of a revolutionary warfare style
- As a borrower, not an innovator
- Scholarship
- Biographical sources
- The Mfecane
- History and legacy
- Disruptions of the Mfecane/Difaqane
- Physical descriptions
- In Zulu culture
- Legacy
- In popular culture
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Shaka kaSenzangakhona ( – 24 September 1828), also known as Shaka (the) Zulu () and Sigidi kaSenzangakhona, was the king of the Zulu Kingdom from 1816 to 1828. One of the most influential monarchs of the Zulu, he ordered wide-reaching reforms that reorganized the military into a formidable force.
King Shaka was born in the lunar month of uNtulikazi (July) in 1787, in Mthonjaneni, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. The son of the Zulu King Senzangakhona kaJama, he was spurned as an illegitimate son. Shaka spent part of his childhood in his mother's settlements, where he was initiated into an ibutho lempi (fighting unit/regiment), serving as a warrior under Inkosi Dingiswayo.